Date: Fri, 21 Apr 1995 11:49:42 -0400 From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: erandall@muffit.reo.dec.com (Ed Randall) Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Call for remove setr[ug]id() and setre[ug]id() from libc Message-ID: <9504211549.AA06954@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <9504210746.AA22703@muffit.reo.dec.com> References: <tPZVfbladA@astral.msk.su> <9504210746.AA22703@muffit.reo.dec.com>
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<<On Fri, 21 Apr 95 8:46:57 WET DST, erandall@muffit.reo.dec.com (Ed Randall) said: > Wouldn't it be better to FIX these functions to match the POSIX standard, and > patch up the security holes ? The POSIX standard specifies set[ug]id() AND NOTHING ELSE. Do you really want strict POSIX behavior? I didn't think so... -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant
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