diff -r b59fba19738f -r 4a0bff167159 hws/hw04.tex --- a/hws/hw04.tex Thu Nov 05 12:17:16 2015 +0000 +++ b/hws/hw04.tex Fri Nov 06 08:51:53 2015 +0000 @@ -40,8 +40,10 @@ \item What does it mean that the program \texttt{passwd} has the \texttt{setuid} bit set? Why is this necessary? -\item Which permissions does the program \texttt{login} -normally have and why is this needed? +\item Under Unix (for example BSD Unix, MacOSX) the \texttt{login} + programm has the setuid bit set. Why is this needed? In Linux + \texttt{login} does \emph{not} have the setuid bit set. What are + the consequences of this choice? \item The variable \texttt{PATH} is a shell variable in UNIX which lists all directories that should be automatically searched for a