Xref: utzoo comp.sources.d:2448 comp.unix.questions:8132 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!killer!ames!mailrus!rutgers!topaz.rutgers.edu!ron From: ron@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ron Natalie) Newsgroups: comp.sources.d,comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: compress and setting owner/group Message-ID:Date: 11 Jul 88 15:26:25 GMT References: <23718@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA> Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 12 > Do 4bsd sites run compress as a setuid root program? NO. The ability for a random user to create files that end up being owned by "me" is antisocial and should NOT be supported. Too much reliance is put on the owner of the files to allow users to do this. For example, consider disk quotas. > Is compress safe to install as a setuid root program? Certainly NOT! -Ron