Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!henry From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: unexpected alarms Message-ID: <4933@utzoo.UUCP> Date: Tue, 15-Jan-85 14:33:30 EST Article-I.D.: utzoo.4933 Posted: Tue Jan 15 14:33:30 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 15-Jan-85 14:33:30 EST References: <7175@brl-tgr.ARPA> Organization: U of Toronto Zoology Lines: 12 Just to bring people up to date: nobody (repeat, nobody) has been able to suggest a real use for letting alarms continue across execs. I note that later AT&T manuals do say that alarms continue across execs, but this looks very much like unthinking propagation of an unrecognized oversight, not a deliberate decision. I stand by my earlier contention: setuid programs have too many things to worry about as it is. This particular bit of behavior is useless and stupid, and should be abolished. -- Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry