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On Thu, 24 Apr 1997, Daniel O'Callaghan wrote:

> /usr/share/man/cat* should be owned by man.bin, mode 755
> /usr/bin/man should be owned by man.bin, mode 4555 (-r-sr-xr-x)

Why should man be setuid?  Mine isn't and it works fine.


 Ben

"You have your mind on computers, it seems."