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Subject: Re: uudecode Problem
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Date: 21 Dec 88 08:47:32 GMT
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>The permanent one is to simply remove the set-uid bit
>from /usr/bin/uudecode (chmod u-s uudecode) since it doesn't really need
>it anyway.  --wnl

If you do this be sure to get rid of the decode alias in
{/usr/lib,/etc}/aliases.

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David DiGiacomo, Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, CA  sun!david david@sun.com