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- From: P.B.Schuller@twi.tudelft.nl (Bart Schuller)
- Subject: Re: bug in mintlib44's access() function
- Date: Mon, 20 Jun 1994 16:37:01 +0200 (EET DST)
-
- > So where's the point of this function?
-
- The point of access() is precisely for set-[ug]id programs: normally
- when you want to know if something is allowed, you just try it. But with
- a set-uid root program, everything will succeed. So in that case you can
- use access() to check if the real user should be allowed to do things.
-
- > ciao,
- > TeSche
-
- Bart.
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