Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!munnari!moncskermit!goanna!yabbie!rcodi From: rcodi@yabbie.rmit.oz (Ian Donaldson) Newsgroups: comp.bugs.2bsd Subject: Re: tip bug fix Message-ID: <760@yabbie.rmit.oz> Date: 8 May 88 07:44:00 GMT References: <1160@cadre.dsl.PITTSBURGH.EDU> <759@yabbie.rmit.oz> Organization: RMIT Comm & Elec Eng, Melbourne, Australia. Lines: 10 In article <759@yabbie.rmit.oz>, rcodi@yabbie.rmit.oz (Ian Donaldson) writes: > No! That is definitely NOT the fix. You should instead do a: > > setuid(getuid()); > setgid(getgid()); A temporary workaround for those without source is to make tip a non-s[ug]id program and make /usr/spool/uucp mode 777 (like Suns do it). (yuk). Ian D