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xbiff security hole?



Running xfree, not modular-X.

I just noticed that "xbiff -file /var/mail/<otheruser>" has no problem watching for the other user's mailbox to be updated!

Should I really be able to do this?  :)


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| Customer Service | FA29 0E3B 35AF E8AE 6651 |  paul%whooppee.com@localhost   |
| Network Engineer | 0786 F758 55DE 53BA 7731 | pgoyette%juniper.net@localhost |
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