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From: bob@allosaur.cis.ohio-state.edu (Bob Sutterfield)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: making xload(1) susceptible to kill(1) by the invoker
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Date: 30 Sep 88 15:55:43 GMT
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*** X.V11R2/lib/Xaw/Load.c~	Wed Aug 17 13:54:26 1988
--- X.V11R2/lib/Xaw/Load.c	Fri Sep 30 11:20:18 1988
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*** 401,406 ****
--- 401,407 ----
  	    loadavg_seek = namelist[LOADAV].n_value;
  	    kmem = open(KMEM_FILE, O_RDONLY);
  	    if (kmem < 0) xload_error("cannot open", KMEM_FILE);
+ 	    setuid(getuid());
  	    init = 1;
  	}
-=-
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