Secure setuid shell scripts

[Ed Gould]

>just one question.  Is this problem a security hole for only BSD systems,
>or does it exist on other SVID type systems or others?

Set-uid scripts are a security hole on any system, if they exist at all
which is not typical on SysV.

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