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To: Matt Heckaman <matt@ARPA.MAIL.NET>
Subject: Re: Doscmd 
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In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 16 Feb 2000 11:35:35 EST."
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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2000 09:43:02 -0700
From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
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In message <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002161134490.1389-100000@epsilon.lucida.qc.ca> Matt Heckaman writes:
: Maybe he meant that someone might want to run it setuid under certain
: circumstances, that would make for a better reason, other than the
: priciple of the matter =)

Yes.  I agree completely.  The whole reason that it isn't set*id
anything is that it is unsafe and insecure to do that.

Warner


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