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Re: Adding a simple editor to the base system



On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 07:12:38PM +0300, Aleksej Saushev wrote:
> "D'Arcy J.M. Cain" <darcy%druid.net@localhost> writes:
> 
> > ------------ File: /usr/bin/edit -----------
> > #! /bin/sh
> > exec ${EDITOR:-/usr/bin/vi}
> > --------------------------------------------
> 
> That reminds me about another major deficiency in the system:
> scripts are still second-class compared to binaries, for instance
> they don't setuid.

Yes. That's a good thing. setuid scripts are too dangerous, last
I heard.

        -is


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