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Date:      Sat, 2 Sep 1995 15:13:44 -0700 (MST)
From:      Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
To:        durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us (Jim Durham)
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: A little strangness with 2.0.5
Message-ID:  <199509022213.PAA02051@phaeton.artisoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950902171150.346A@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> from "Jim Durham" at Sep 2, 95 05:35:14 pm

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> My problem is "solved" at the moment, but something is not "cricket"
> and may bite someone else. Why should the group ID have any effect
> on kill permissions?

A kill signal can be delivered to a process owned by your UID or a
process owned by your GID.  You seem to not be a memebr of the group
you SGID'ed to, so exclusion groups apply.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present
or previous employers.



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