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From: guido@gvr.win.tue.nl (Guido van Rooij)
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/lib/libc/db/hash hash_buf.c
To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith)
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 09:45:32 +0200 (MET DST)
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> > 
> > And what about a user attaching a debugger to a running ftpd...
> 
> If it's running as root, they have to be root already.  If it's
> changed its UID, as has already been pointed out, you _can't_ attach
> to it for just this reason.
> 

At least under 2.1.0 this is not true.

-Guido