SCO XENIX HoneyDanBer UUCP locking explained

[Erik Murrey]

[ regarding the fact that the locks are stored in /usr/spool/uucp for
SCO's 2.3.1 HDB-uucp ]

I really wish SCO hadn't done this.  It is a simple define in
uucp.h or param.h that lets the lock files reside in /usr/spool/locks.
This way, only /usr/spool/locks needs to be 0777, and only the
uucp programs need to be setuid.  Kermit, etc, can run normally,
and set the locks in /usr/spool/locks.

This is how the stock 3b2 BNU system did it.

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