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Subject: Re: [9fans] Install from CD fails
From: "Russ Cox" <rsc@swtch.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 15:34:53 -0500
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> A masking bind over /etc/passwd could be disasterous
> on Unix and I don't think anyone has really solved this problem yet

this is trivial to solve.  setuid binaries should run
in the default system name space instead of inheriting
the one in use where they are started.

russ