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From: Nathan Lawson <nlawson@statler.csc.calpoly.edu>
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Subject: Re: Todays dumb question... <Nemeth Book>
To: WELCHDW@wofford.edu (DAN WELCH)
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 1995 15:00:11 -0700 (PDT)
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In-Reply-To: <950720203939.20367b@wofford.edu> from "DAN WELCH" at Jul 20, 95 08:39:39 pm
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> > I have see several mentions on this book:
> >
> >> Okay, I bought Nemeth, the red book, and a light is slowly starting
> 
> It's probably UNIX SYSTEM ADMINISTRATION HANDBOOK by Evi Nemeth,
> Garth Snyder, Scott Seebass, and Trent R. Hein
> 
> The new (2nd) edition is bright red. The 1st ed was yellow. 
> Excellent books, both.

I haven't bought the second one, but it was slightly funny that one of the
programs they were to make setuid had a root hole in it.  And this was in
the section on security!

-Nate