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SubjectRe: caps in elf, next itteration (the hack get's bigger)
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Chipzz <xp@Ace.ULYSSIS.Student.KULeuven.Ac.Be> said:

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> Looks like a -really- stupid idea to assign a normal user to UID 0 - just
> to big a security hole with all those legacy programs floating around. Use
> it for something special, like no user or something else instead. 0 IS a
> special number, which can be easily tested against (if (!number) .. - I
> know this is bad C, but you get my point...)

The whole point is to make 0 _un_special as an UID. And the convenience
isn't really _that_ large...
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