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From: stuart@genrad.UUCP (Stuart Hollander)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: darnit, fostel
Message-ID: <3454@genrad.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 5-Aug-83 09:20:40 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug  5 09:20:40 1983
Date-Received: Fri, 5-Aug-83 16:49:09 EDT
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Since ncsu!fostel decided to publish the irresponsible food-for-thought
for bypassing unix permission codes, it's time for everyone to implement
some increased protection.  May I suggest a main course of 
a setuid root program to set/clear flag (1 per user) which
enables/disables the user from setting setuid(setgid) bits 
"on his own"?  Program requires input from actual terminal device, etc.

  --Stuart Hollander (genrad!stuart)