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From: koreth@ssyx.ucsc.edu (Steven Grimm)
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Subject: Re: How to stop future viruses.
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Date: 9 Nov 88 06:44:22 GMT
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In article <16722@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> greg@math.Berkeley.EDU (Greg) writes:
>On most Unix systems that I've seen, /etc/passwd is publicly readable. 
>There is no reason for this.

Unless you're proposing adding another file with usernames and uids, /bin/ls
will stop telling you who owns files if /etc/passwd isn't readable...