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Aucbvax.3190 fa.unix-wizards utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!unix-wizards Thu Sep 17 15:16:04 1981 Re: set[gu]id >From sdcarl!rusty@Berkeley Thu Sep 17 15:09:26 1981 A "solution" would be to remove this stupid code from the kernel and fix /bin/mail since that is where the bug is. As was demonstrated by the person from purdue no amount of turning off the set[gu]id bits was sufficient protection but a simple fix to /bin/mail not involving the set[gu]id bits fixed the bugger.

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