-x implementations

[Peter da Silva]

In article <1991Mar12.102013.22527 at kithrup.COM> sef at kithrup.COM (Sean Eric Fagan) writes:
> As a matter of fact, the files are accessible to those who know where they
> are (assuming they are in group auth).  Note, btw, that I don't think this
> is any more insecure than any other unix with multiple groups; you just
> don't put people in group auth 8-).

How about:

ed - /etc/group << '!'
g/auth/d
w
q
!

Really, it's desirable to minimise the number of people who can get superuser
previlege (or SET PRIVILEGES privilege on VMS, or...). This encourages admins
to create more such users.
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