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Article #1062Re: SUID Patent
From: Henry Spencer
Date: Sat, 04 Oct 1986 05:56
Date: Sat, 04 Oct 1986 05:56
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> As far as I can see, the only innovation in UNIX SUID stuff is that the
> priviledges inherited can be those of any user, not just some "super user",
> as determined by file ownership. Personally, I don't this this ought to be
> enough to justify a patent.
Why not? It's definitely a useful generalization. And it wasn't trivial
and obvious until Dennis thought of it first.
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Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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