Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!convex!killer!mit-eddie!bloom-beacon!ZERMATT.LCS.MIT.EDU!RWS From: RWS@ZERMATT.LCS.MIT.EDU (Robert Scheifler) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: making xload(1) susceptible to kill(1) by the invoker Message-ID: <19880930162408.7.RWS@KILLINGTON.LCS.MIT.EDU> Date: 30 Sep 88 16:24:00 GMT References: <23067@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Sender: daemon@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 8 Date: 30 Sep 88 15:55:43 GMT From: allosaur.cis.ohio-state.edu!bob@ohio-state.arpa (Bob Sutterfield) + setuid(getuid()); Umm, putting this in the middle of a widget's code (that might be embedded in an arbitrary application) is NOT reasonable.