On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, Jerry Callen wrote:
> FWIW, here's a list of setuid programs from an old RH 5.2 system:
>
[snip]
>
> This is a lot of programs, and there are some I was surprised to see
> (like xterm).
xterm is SUID-root because it has the option of updating the utmp and wtmp
files to record logins and logouts. (This is, IMNSHO, a design flaw in Unix.)
What I want to know is, why the heck is ping SUID-root?
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