Re: coredumps on setuid programs.

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> >From the man page:

Isn't quoting documentation on a bug mailing list like, um, trusting
that there aren't bugs in the first place? I mean the vendors ship
systems which allow worldwide root access. How do you know some hacker
didn't *write* the man page you are reading...

I always wanted to ship a security patch to 100 random companies and
see how many sites would install it. Just make it look official and...

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