access(2) (was: Writing to A NON-Existing File in "C")

[Greg Limes]

In article <898 at cresswell.quintus.UUCP> ok at quintus.UUCP (Richard A. O'Keefe) writes:
>The SVID says "su will execute a new environment with the real and
>effective user ID set to that of the specified user", though it remains
>completely quiet about the group id.  However, not all UNIX systems are
>System V.  Anyone know which variants do what?

SunOS version 4.0 "su" sets both the real and effective userid, and
both real and effective group id; I have not investigated what it does
to the group list. I keep on hand a nifty little utility called "be"
that sets only the effective userid; it comes in handy quite often.
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