Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site wdl1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!qantel!hplabs!hpda!fortune!wdl1!jbn From: jbn@wdl1.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: extracting files with tar can corrup Message-ID: <494@wdl1.UUCP> Date: Mon, 15-Jul-85 19:57:13 EDT Article-I.D.: wdl1.494 Posted: Mon Jul 15 19:57:13 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Jul-85 06:41:38 EDT Sender: notes@wdl1.UUCP Organization: Ford Aerospace, Western Development Laboratories Lines: 6 Nf-ID: #R:sdcc3:-293900:wdl1:64000002:000:157 Nf-From: wdl1!jbn Jul 15 15:08:00 1985 That's a nifty security hole. One of many good reasons not to buy packages whose installation instructions begin ``log in as root''. J. Nagle