Subject: Re: setuid, core dumps, ftpd, and DB
To: Jon Ribbens <jon@oaktree.co.uk>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 10/21/1996 09:33:00
On Mon, 21 Oct 1996 17:21:37 +0100 (BST) 
 Jon Ribbens <jon@oaktree.co.uk> wrote:

 > Well, yes, I know that, and I've done the second option. But there's
 > bound to be a lot of people using 1.1 for a long time yet.

True, but they're going to have to modify _something_, and modifying
the kernel is much more complete than modifying one program.

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