On Tue Feb 05, 2002 at 11:38:48PM -0600, Bryan Paxton wrote:

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> Like I said, ssh really doesn't need to be setuid either, unless you
> specifically need to use rhost auth, but refer above for all that info.
> 
> This is arguable, but I think the sane and logical choice to make is to
> strip all these of their setuid bits.

We did, at one time, strip the setuid bit from ssh but the openssh
team yelled at us (specifically, Theo yelled at me).

I think we'll keep the setuid bit on ssh.  =)  Anyone who's had that
happen to them doesn't want a repeat performance and, unfortunately,
Theo and Markus both come to me know when there are any anomolies in
our openssh packages... =)

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