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Subject: Re: Procfs' pointers to files.
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: Unfortunately, when you take setuid programs into account, it gets
: far less clear:  Reasonable cases could be made for having the owner
: either the real or effective UID.

The case for effective seems quite clear to me, but 
I can't see the case for real UID.  What is it?


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