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Date:      Mon, 20 Apr 1998 23:08:03 +0000
From:      Niall Smart <rotel@indigo.ie>
To:        Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com>, Marc Slemko <marcs@znep.com>
Cc:        Niall Smart <rotel@indigo.ie>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG, mike@smith.net.au
Subject:   Re: suid/sgid programs
Message-ID:  <199804202208.XAA00994@indigo.ie>
In-Reply-To: Wes Peters <softweyr@xmission.com> "Re: suid/sgid programs" (Apr 19,  8:16pm)

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On Apr 19,  8:16pm, Wes Peters wrote:
} Subject: Re: suid/sgid programs
> Marc Slemko wrote:
> 
> It would probably be better to pull all of UUCP into a separate install
> package, so users who don't use it could simply not install it.  This
> way, the install package could install all of the UUCP binaries with the
> correct permissions, and users who don't need UUCP lower their suid/sgid
> impact.

Yes, I've thought about this before and I agree it would be nice.  I think
Mike Smith is going to be working on the package and install stuff for
3.0-RELEASE.  Perhaps he will modularise the base system a bit?

Niall
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