Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rochester!pt!sei!sei.cmu.edu!pdb From: pdb@sei.cmu.edu (Patrick Barron) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Ultrix 1.2 uudecode file owner problem Message-ID: <1788@aw.sei.cmu.edu> Date: Fri, 3-Jul-87 02:32:51 EDT Article-I.D.: aw.1788 Posted: Fri Jul 3 02:32:51 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 5-Jul-87 20:43:55 EDT References: <644@uhccux.UUCP> Sender: netnews@sei.cmu.edu Reply-To: pdb@sei.cmu.edu (Pat Barron) Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, SEI, Pgh, Pa Lines: 14 In article <644@uhccux.UUCP> david@uhccux.UUCP (David Lassner) writes: >Ultrix 1.2 uudecode insists on creating files with root as the owner. Is there >a common solution that we're missing? We don't have sources. uudecode is generally installed setuid to 'uucp', ostensibly so that you can mail uuencoded files to the user 'decode' on your machine, and have them decoded into the uucppublic spool directory. It will create the files as owned by whoever owns uudecode. On my Ultrix 1.2 system, the system installation stuff installed uudecode setuid to 'uucp'. If your uudecode is owned by 'root', I'd change it pretty quick since it opens up horrible security holes. Better yet, if you don't care about mailing files to 'decode', then take the setuid bit off of uudecode entirely. --Pat.