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[Sean Eric Fagan]

In article <S3+9E31 at xds13.ferranti.com> peter at ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>Does "auth" have write access to these files? If so then you haven't changed
>the problem any. Just made it more obscure. Nothing that someone with adb
>and a little determination couldn't crack.

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-).

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