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Re: The unanswered Question



On Thu, 21 Nov 1996, Ian Jackson wrote:

ian >> dosemu and debmake both violate that section. Thus I should
ian >> provide a group for both of them or do something else to avoid modifying
ian >> permissions on files in order to accomplish functionality.
ian >
ian >No, you should _not make them setuid_.

Then change the policy. Both packages give instructions on how to change
the permission of binaries in order to gain functionality and thus violate
the policy.

And I hope by now its clear that "setuid" in this context always refers to
restricted access by a certain group?

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