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Date:      Thu, 4 Jan 1996 17:05:14 -0700
From:      kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly)
To:        james@parody.tecc.co.uk
Cc:        doc@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Handbook - printer setup
Message-ID:  <9601050005.AA29103@emu.fsl.noaa.gov>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960104000226.3538B-100000@parody.tecc.co.uk> (message from James Raynard on Thu, 4 Jan 1996 01:09:07 %2B0000 ())

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>>>>> "James" == James Raynard <james@parody.tecc.co.uk> writes:

    James> ??? World-readable/executable means readable/executable by
    James> user, group and other. At least that's what I've always
    James> understood it to mean.

Okay, I just wanted to confirm syntax ... sometimes people use `world'
in place of `other.'

    James> What I meant was that some systems won't allow setuid
    James> scripts to be executed, so I hypothesised that FreeBSD
    James> doesn't allow setuid programs to exec shell scripts.

I see now.
 
But I still have no idea why lpd failed to exec your script.

-- 
Sean Kelly
NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory, Boulder Colorado USA

One thing that makes me believe in UFOs is, sometimes I lose stuff.
-- Jack Handey



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