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From: fischer@utower.gopas.sub.org (Axel Fischer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: pwd
Message-ID: <DSSSI+@utower.gopas.sub.org>
Date: 24 Dec 89 14:02:54 GMT
References: <265@zircon.UUCP> <4504@helios.ee.lbl.gov> <488@bbxsda.UUCP>
Reply-To: fischer@utower.gopas.sub.org
Organization: Me, Myself and I (Berlin, West Germany)
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scott@bbxsda.UUCP (Scott Amspoker) writes:

>>< /bin/pwd is setuid to root so it can handle unreadable directories
>>< in the path.
>>
>>This is not true in Ultrix - pwd will fail if it encounters an 
>>unreadable directory in the path. 

>A quick glance at /bin/pwd shows this is also true for Xenix.

Also not true for Interactive 2.02 (SYSV.3)

-Axel
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