Difference in Ultrix (uucp/uu{en,de}code)

[Carl S. Gutekunst]

In article <2766 at ukma.UUCP> david at ukma.UUCP (David Herron, NPR Lover) writes:
>For some reason uu{en,de}code are owned by uucp and set[ug]id
>to boot!  WHY?????
> ...
>Fortunately this isn't a security hole.

Ah, but it is. uuencode and uudecode are typically owned by uucp, but NOT
set[ug]id. If they are, anyone can use them to read L.sys, USERFILE, etc. 
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