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- From: mgream@acacia (Matthew Gream)
- Newsgroups: comp.security.misc
- Subject: Re: Setuid file
- Date: 7 Nov 1992 06:17:01 GMT
- Organization: University of Technology, Sydney
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- Jon P. Knight (jon@hill.lut.ac.uk) wrote:
-
- : But you'd need to be root to write to this file anyway...
-
- Correct you are, I realised this not long after my post. Something on
- that day occured that didnt have me thinking straight. ho hum ..
-
- : Still, if you don't know what it is, back it up and then delete it.
- : Better safe than sorry.
-
- Yes, if you dont need it, remove it. But possibly it means someone
- was experimenting with the system, either not succeeding, or failing
- to clean up his/her trash. Whatever case, it should be the cause of
- some investigation (using its ctime for a start).
-
- Matthew.
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- M.Gream@uts.EDU.AU - Matthew Gream - 'Edges have holes next to them .. '
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