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  3. From: usmyrtle@mcs.drexel.edu (Steven Myrtle)
  4. Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.programmer,comp.unix.wizards
  5. Subject: setuid root vs. running as root
  6. Message-ID: <1992Nov24.012147.21144@mcs.drexel.edu>
  7. Date: 24 Nov 92 01:21:47 GMT
  8. Sender: usmyrtle@mcs.drexel.edu (Steven Myrtle)
  9. Organization: Drexel University
  10. Lines: 7
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  12. What are the differences between running a program setuid root and
  13. running the program as root?
  14.  
  15. For instance, "kill(1, SIGTSTP)" doesn't seem to work from within
  16. a setuid root program, but will if I run the program while I'm root.
  17.  
  18. - Steven
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