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- From: fenner@snobol.cs.psu.edu (Bill Fenner)
- Subject: Re: Priv-problem
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- References: <1992Nov22.153343.354@et.tudelft.nl>
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 21:49:46 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov22.153343.354@et.tudelft.nl> mvdl@et.tudelft.nl writes:
- |How can I have a user have the priv's to read system-mail (with SYS) but let
- |him be unable to shell to dos ?
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- Change sysmail() in mail.c to require a lower priv level. If you don't have
- sources, you can't do it; right now, sysmail() requires priv=9.
-
- Maybe someone should comb through the sources and create a .DOC file of the
- priv levels required for each limited command.
-
- Bill
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