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From: Dean Hollister <dean@odyssey.apana.org.au>
To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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On Mon, 12 Jan 1998, Doug White wrote:

> su to root first.
> 
> It's trying to access protected information.  Anything security minded in
> there?

Yep. I found the cause. /etc/uucp was not set to x for owner/group/all.
Once chmod'd, all is well.

Regards,

d.

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