Aucbvax.2072 fa.unix-wizards utzoo!duke!decvax!ucbvax!JNC@MIT-XX Sat Jul 4 00:37:56 1981 Re: setuid and root I have been screwed by this on occasion. I experimented with a version of the system with it NOP'd out, but I don't remember if it had any ill effects (I think it may have, but I'm not sure; at least none stick out in my memory). ------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.