Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site rlgvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!rlgvax!guy From: guy@rlgvax.UUCP (Guy Harris) Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: Why no setuid for root in V7 kernel? Message-ID: <537@rlgvax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 1-Mar-85 17:45:41 EST Article-I.D.: rlgvax.537 Posted: Fri Mar 1 17:45:41 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 4-Mar-85 07:13:26 EST References: <115@peora.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: CCI Office Systems Group, Reston, VA Lines: 10 > Thus the question arises... why not do SUIDs for uid==0? Good question. 4.2BSD and System (III|V) both do. If there's any problem caused by that, somebody better let us all know real fast. I suspect it was a philosophical decision - they may not have liked the idea that running a set-UID program lost root privileges instead of gaining them. Guy Harris {seismo,ihnp4,allegra}!rlgvax!guy