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Date: Sat, 05 Sep 1998 10:42:52 -0600
From: Scott Brown <skb@asgard.slcc.edu>
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I'm trying to run quota(1) as root (as part of a CGI script), but I'm
not getting the results I want.  I've done "chmod 4755 quota", which in
theory should allow any user to look at any other user's quota info, but
quota still gives me the "permission denied" error.  What am I missing?

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