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Subject: Re: Majordomo 1.93
From: Robb Shecter <rshecter @ seine . ed . umuc . edu>
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 16:49:23 +0200 (MET DST)
To: James FitzGibbon <james @ teamos2 . org>
Cc: Peter Sivo <peters @ oes . amdahl . com>, majordomo-users @ GreatCircle . COM, silliker1 @ bronze . interlog . com
In-reply-to: <Pine.BSD/.3.91.950619210028.3713A-100000@teamos2.org>

On Mon, 19 Jun 1995, James FitzGibbon wrote:

> 
> I had the same problem, but it was related to the sticky bits.  Make sure 
> that your wrapper is set up something like this :
> 
> -rwsrwsr-x  1 root  majordom  37251 Jun 13 16:27 wrapper*
> 
> The difference is the u+s and g+s bits, which made my system change from 
> doing exactly what you're experiencing to flawless operation.
> 

umm...aren't these the SETUID and SETGID bits?  Let's all be VERY careful 
about which programs we put these on...  (Wrapper needs them - 
unfortunately - but don't use them indiscriminately.)

-
Robb Shecter
University of Maryland, European Division
Computer Operations



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