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Create a Sandbox for apps using folder actions
Authored by: stcanard on May 27, '04 11:55:56AM

This is actually done for security.

setuid is generally intended to grant elevated (root) privilige to an executable. By reducing the privilige (going back to the original owner) when calling other programs, it reduces the chance of a security breach.



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