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From: jbc@mcc-db.UUCP (John B. Chambers)
Newsgroups: net.unix
Subject: Re: Format of commands to .forward file?
Message-ID: <253@mcc-db.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 15-Jul-85 15:28:53 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 15 15:28:53 1985
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Grit your teeth and look in deliver.c at ...

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/*
**  MAILFILE -- Send a message to a file.
**
**	If the file has the setuid/setgid bits set, but NO execute
**	bits, sendmail will try to become the owner of that file
**	rather than the real user.  Obviously, this only works if
**	sendmail runs as root.
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John B. Chambers, Microelectronics and Computer Technology Corp., Austin, TX
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