Hi Wayne, As you suggested, I was trying to clarify to the list what I was trying to say. Programs should not be run SUID root unecessarily. I mentioned su and sudo as alternatives to SUID. MonMotha mentioned another solution which works when wonderfully when applications do not have differing expections of what those ownerships and permissions are.
You made a suggestion that works well for an isolated single user workstation. I disgree about a policy of excessive use of SUID root in a default install; one that can run unintentionally installed on multi-user systems. Please do not take that as a personal attack. -Vince
