From:	Richard Dawe <richdawe AT bigfoot DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Win 2000 & Djgpp
Date:	Fri, 18 Feb 2000 23:47:42 +0000
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Hello.

Prashant TR wrote:
> DOSEmu runs at superuser level. So, *anything* can happen if you aren't
> careful.

This isn't entirely true - you can run it as a non-root user. On RedHat
6.1 it has the setuid bit set. This doesn't mean it will run as root - it
can lower its priviledges and run at your uid, gid.

Bye,

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Richard Dawe
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