[Q]: Login shells owned by root ???? Why?

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From: Cameron Newham
Date: Fri, 06 Aug 1993 11:41

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I notice that my login shells are all owned by root - regardless of
wjho logs in.  Why is this?  I thought the login shell was owned by
the person who logged in (or uid I should say).

My /bin/root has suid set and is owned by root (group root).

- cameron.

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