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Date:      Tue, 10 Sep 1996 14:20:52 -0600
From:      Sean Kelly <kelly@fsl.noaa.gov>
To:        jlo@fmsc.com.au
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: suid/sguid files
Message-ID:  <199609102020.UAA24036@gatekeeper.fsl.noaa.gov>
In-Reply-To: <3.0b11.32.19960910190410.006e4c94@203.4.181.10> (message from John Paul Lonie on Tue, 10 Sep 1996 20:16:24 %2B1000)

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>>>>> "John" == John Paul Lonie <jlo@fmsc.com.au> writes:

John> /sbin/dump - why is this tty ?

So the dump program can write to the ttys of all logged-in users in
group operator that the dump needs attention or has completed.

-- 
Sean Kelly                          
NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory    kelly@fsl.noaa.gov
Boulder Colorado USA                http://www-sdd.fsl.noaa.gov/~kelly/



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