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Aucbvax.3029 fa.unix-wizards utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!unix-wizards Wed Sep 9 21:17:59 1981 setuid ignored for root >From eps@UCLA-Security Wed Sep 9 21:11:07 1981 Any Unix "purist" logged in as root who doesn't want to see setuid honored on the grounds that "setuid is supposed to give \additional/ privileges" can run the set- program under adb. An "ignoresetbits" program using ptrace(2) might not make such a bad addition to someone's next Unix distribution. --Eric

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