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From: jim@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Jim Fulton)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Why is xterm suid root.
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Date: 20 Feb 89 21:52:05 GMT
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It wants to chown and chmod the pseudo-terminal.