[COFF] The MOO problem and set-uid

Dave Horsfall dave at horsfall.org
Fri Jan 31 06:25:59 AEST 2020


Thanks, all, for the responses; it was driving me nuts!  I know the game 
as "cows and bulls" (or perhaps that's because I'm of British origin).

I like Dennis' observation: "On the other hand, suid these days seems to 
be a fairly blunt and dangerous instrument".  I've often believed that if 
you thought you needed set-uid (esp. to root!) you can probably get away 
with set-gid instead.

-- Dave


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