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Date:      Sat, 22 Jun 1996 19:55:06 +0400 (MSD)
From:      =?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?= (Andrey A. Chernov) <ache@nagual.ru>
To:        wosch@cs.tu-berlin.de
Cc:        bde@zeta.org.au, CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-all@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-gnu@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit:  src/gnu/usr.bin/man/man Makefile man.c
Message-ID:  <199606221555.TAA02217@nagual.ru>
In-Reply-To: <199606221143.NAA00457@campa.panke.de> from "Wolfram Schneider" at "Jun 22, 96 01:43:22 pm"

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> Bruce Evans writes:
> >>  Modified:    gnu/usr.bin/man/man  Makefile man.c
> >>  Log:
> >>  Close security holes and restore suid bit
> >>  Restore writting cat's functionality
> >
> >>  Revision  Changes    Path
> >>  1.16      +2 -0      src/gnu/usr.bin/man/man/Makefile
> >>  1.15      +123 -46   src/gnu/usr.bin/man/man/man.c
> >
> >This should have been reviewed.
> 
> I thought the general consensus was a sgid man, not suid.

I don't see how sgid man can be better than suid man now, but I see
that sgid man requires additional changes in the permissions
and man utils.
I don't hear that it is general consensus too.

-- 
Andrey A. Chernov
<ache@nagual.ru>
http://www.nagual.ru/~ache/



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