binmail(1) question

[Frederick M. Avolio]

In article <2032 at ifi.uio.no>, tage at sfd.uit.no (Tage Stabell-Kul) writes:

> 0) What info does /bin/mail read from kmem ?

I'm pretty sure it determines the load average and then fom that makes
some guesses.. I mean calculations as to how long to wait on a lock
file, etc.

> 1) /bin/mail is setuid-root.  Do the program do a setuid , if so, to
> whom ?


Well, it writes to the end of your mailbox.  It is root to insure that
it can do that.

Fred