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- From: dave@kira!pete (Dave Peterson)
- Subject: mknod
- Newsgroups: comp.os.coherent
- Date: 9 Sep 92 02:49:55 GMT
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- I have find that the mknod() function can be executed from within a
- user program. The manual states: "Only the superuser root can use
- mknod(). This is a security feature." I find this when I forgot to
- change the ownership of a program to root and set the "set user id
- upon execution" bit. The program ran with out errors anyway.
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- Be careful as this is rather dangerous in the hands of an overage user.
- I hope MWC will post a fix to this rather soon.
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