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From: terry@wsccs.UUCP (terry)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Why does "root" own everything?
Message-ID: <346@wsccs.UUCP>
Date: 22 Mar 88 03:23:50 GMT
References: <5209@uwmcsd1.UUCP> <7448@brl-smoke.ARPA>
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Summary: Yeah?

In article <7448@brl-smoke.ARPA>, gwyn@brl-smoke.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) writes:
> Yes, UNIX System V typically has its system software owned by "bin", an
> account with no privileges other than being able to reinstall system
> software.

Except for access to /dev/kmem, thereby providing the capability to
eavesdrop on the input buffer for the console, at least on PC-based systems
where the tty driver for the console writes directly to screen memory!

				terry@wsccs