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Re: Moving the sequencer info out of not - (nf)

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From: utzoodecvaxpur-eemalcolm
Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1982 01:25
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pur-ee!malcolm    Aug  7 22:32:00 1982

Writing the sequencer information out after all done with notes does
not help when reading them.  Here at Purdue (EE) students can lose
their grade in some classes if the directory with their homework is
readable.  

The only solution I can think of is the following sequence:
	1)	Process 1 is not setuid and reads the sequencer
		information and passes it to the setuid program
		that does the real work.
	2)	After everything is done then setuid(getuid())
		to rewrite the sequencing information.  (Good idea).

This is almost as gross as some of the code coming from....(Oops, I better
not say), but I can't think of a better way.


							Malcolm
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From: utzoo!decvax!pur-ee!malcolm
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Title: Re: Moving the sequencer info out of not - (nf)
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Posted: Sun Aug  8 01:25:57 1982
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Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1982 01:25:57 +0000
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