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Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: MINIX 1.2 rm-command
Keywords: MINIX 1.2 (640K), rm command fix, setuid
Message-ID: <1919@cps3xx.UUCP>
Date: 21 Feb 89 17:12:35 GMT
Expires: 7 Mar 89 05:00:00 GMT
References: <1131@sdcc15.ucsd.edu>
Reply-To: rattan@frith.egr.msu.edu ()
Organization: Michigan State University
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  >> In article<1838@cps3xx.UUCP> rattan@frith.egr.msu.edu wrires:
  >> MINIX 1.2 (640K-PC) is being used to teach the OS course. It was
  >> observed that 'rm' command is willing to remove any file ...
  >
  > In article <1131@sdcc15.ucsd.edu> pa1343@sdcc15.ucsd.edu writes:
  > Is rm setuid to root on your system? ...

No. It is not setuid to root in the original distrbution also. The
directories involved didn't have write permission.

-- ishwar rattan (rattan@frith.egr.msu.edu)