From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!utah-cs!sask!derek Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Title: Re: protect kmem and setgid programs Article-I.D.: sask.183 Posted: Sun Jan 9 06:39:57 1983 Received: Tue Jan 11 03:36:15 1983 Further on running ps type programs with setgid ro read kmem: On 2.81BSD you are allowed to setgid a file if you own it. It has been brought to my attention that programs such as ps should be setuid rather than setgid in order to prevent them from dumping core on request. Derek Andrew U of Saskatchewan