On Wed, 16 Sep 1998 14:25:50 -0400  "Perry E. Metzger" wrote:

> Chris G. Demetriou writes:
> > "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com> writes:
> > > Nothing. It means nothing. Why do you assume it must mean something?
> > 
> > If it doesn't mean anything, then isn't it a bit _STUPID_ to have
> > syscalls to set that information?
> 
> The fact that the syscall is capable of setting the suid bits which
> are meaningless does not reflect on the fact that the syscall is
> capable of setting other bits which are meaningful.

With the amount of security problems floating about (_not_ NetBSD
specificly, but in general), I think's it's a valid concern to worry
whenever you see setuid bits around that you can't see documentation
for.

Simon.