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Date:      Wed, 16 Feb 2000 09:43:02 -0700
From:      Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
To:        Matt Heckaman <matt@ARPA.MAIL.NET>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Doscmd 
Message-ID:  <200002161643.JAA11128@harmony.village.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 16 Feb 2000 11:35:35 EST." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002161134490.1389-100000@epsilon.lucida.qc.ca> 
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002161134490.1389-100000@epsilon.lucida.qc.ca>  

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In message <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002161134490.1389-100000@epsilon.lucida.qc.ca> Matt Heckaman writes:
: Maybe he meant that someone might want to run it setuid under certain
: circumstances, that would make for a better reason, other than the
: priciple of the matter =)

Yes.  I agree completely.  The whole reason that it isn't set*id
anything is that it is unsafe and insecure to do that.

Warner


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