setuid (was Re: Non Destructive Version of rm)

[j chapman flack]

In article <JIK.91May6001507 at pit-manager.mit.edu>,
jik at athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) writes:
>
>                                 both because setuid programs are a
>   bad idea in general, 

Could someone elaborate?
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