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Date:      Mon, 14 Jun 1999 14:43:12 -0500
From:      Constantine Shkolnyy <stan@osgroup.com>
To:        "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>, "freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   RE: reading files.
Message-ID:  <01BEB674.3B233FE0.stan@osgroup.com>

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> I think something like PGP is the only way. The way I remember
> administrator priviledges with NT is that you can't keep me from
> accessing a file. I just have to take ownership of the user's
> directories and then change the ownership of the file I want to look at.
> When I get through, I would have to change the ownership of everything I
> changed back to the user. I also think this would leave many tracks
> behind, which isn't a quiet way like su'ing to the user from root.

My recollection is that after you took ownership in NT, you _can't_
change it back. You will have to explain the user why you needed to
do that.



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