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Mike.lifeguard:
> On 10-05-25 10:40 PM, River Tarnell wrote:
> > I've rewritten these two utilities to improve security.
 
> May I ask what the security flaws were?

There was no specific problem (as far as I know), but they ran with more
privileges than were necessary.  The new versions use fine-grained
privileges, reducing the impact of any security problems that might
exist.

        - river.
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