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Aucbvax.2954 fa.unix-wizards utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!unix-wizards Sat Sep 5 06:38:47 1981 Unix security and mail directory >From Lepreau@UTAH-20 Sat Sep 5 06:28:45 1981 Berkeley vmunix has solved some of the security problems inherent in the setuid mechanism by one simple kernel mod: whenever a file is modified or chown'ed, the setuid/gid bits go away. This takes care of the problem James mentioned, for example. Jay -------

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