setuid ignored for root

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Wed Sep 9 21:16:51 AEST 1981


>From eps at UCLA-Security Wed Sep  9 21:10:24 1981
Any Unix "purist" logged in as root who doesn't want to
see setuid honored on the grounds that "setuid is supposed
to give \additional/ privileges" can run the set- program
under adb.  An "ignoresetbits" program using ptrace(2)
might not make such a bad addition to someone's next Unix
distribution.
					--Eric



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