Path: utzoo!utgpu!utstat!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ukma!gatech!udel!mmdf From: jnall%FSU.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (John Nall 904-644-5241) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: Passwd program losing setuid bit Message-ID: <7791@louie.udel.EDU> Date: 2 Feb 89 04:39:35 GMT Sender: mmdf@udel.EDU Lines: 8 After reading the mail, I checked my own system, which has /usr/bin on the hard disk. Sure enough, the setuid bit had been cleared -- apparently when it was copied to the harddisk. I believe that I used cpdir for that, by the way. Chmod cleared it right up, of course. Interesting!! jnall@rai.fsu.edu