Re: [PATCH] more SAK stuff

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Mon, 2 Jul 2001 13:33:01 +0100 (BST)


> (a) It does less, namely will not kill processes with uid 0.
> Ted, any objections?

That breaks the security guarantee. Suppose I use a setuid app to confuse
you into doing something ?

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