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From: honey@umix.cc.umich.edu (Peter Honeyman)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp,comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: UUCP security
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Date: 19 May 88 11:28:03 GMT
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Reply-To: honey@citi.umich.edu (Peter Honeyman)
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Michael writes:
>The problem with set-U-id, especially for uucp, is
>that uucp and uux cannot read your files unless they are world-readable,
>which means anyone can read them, and the whole security feature is lost.

fixed in honey danber.  about 5 years ago.  (by dan.)

	peter