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Date:	Tue, 23 Mar 2004 13:40:08 -0500 (EST)
From:	Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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Subject:	Re: suid bit on executables?
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On Tue, 23 Mar 2004, Christopher Faylor wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 23, 2004 at 12:11:38PM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote:
> >OTOH, once cygserver is in place, we'll have a working "su" (which is
> >exactly what you want, right?).
>
> I just want to clarify that cygserver.exe is in place and functional right
> now.  It just doesn't support "su" or "suid"... yet.
>
> cygserver works just fine for providing SysV IPC support, however.
> cgf

Yeah, my fingers running ahead of the brain there...  Sorry.  The above
should have said something like "...once all of the functionality planned
for cygserver is in place...".
	Igor
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