FC01@Usc-Ecl@sri-unix (09/09/82)
From: FC01 <FC01@Usc-Ecl> Date: 7 Sep 1982 2129-PDT All of this stuff about giving away files is now easily handled by a progam dsigned to facilitate this task. Simply put, the program has the setuid bit of the owner turned on, and allows the owner to specify pathnames and users that are allowed to access them in an external file. The program takes from the standard input a pathname, and puts to the standard output the information in the file of that name. If the user doesn't have access to that file (it checks the current effective id of the user so if you su to a user who has the ability to get the file you can get it) the program sends an error to the standard error. Now isn't this better than all the hassles of privilages caused by a system wide privilaged program? Isn't this why setuid is the way it is? Fred p.s. A version will be available for release soon fc -------