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From: limes@sun.uucp (Greg Limes)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: access(2) (was: Writing to A NON-Existing File in "C")
Message-ID: <50777@sun.uucp>
Date: 25 Apr 88 20:24:31 GMT
References: <898@cresswell.quintus.UUCP>
Reply-To: limes@sun.UUCP (Greg Limes)
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mountain View
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In article <898@cresswell.quintus.UUCP> ok@quintus.UUCP (Richard A. O'Keefe) writes:
>The SVID says "su will execute a new environment with the real and
>effective user ID set to that of the specified user", though it remains
>completely quiet about the group id.  However, not all UNIX systems are
>System V.  Anyone know which variants do what?

SunOS version 4.0 "su" sets both the real and effective userid, and
both real and effective group id; I have not investigated what it does
to the group list. I keep on hand a nifty little utility called "be"
that sets only the effective userid; it comes in handy quite often.
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   Greg Limes [limes@sun.com]				frames to /dev/fb