[ih] Invention of setuid

Lyndon Nerenberg lyndon at orthanc.ca
Thu Apr 18 19:50:30 PDT 2013


> On Thu, Apr 18, 2013 at 12:27 AM, Dave Crocker <dhc2 at dcrocker.net> wrote:
> I've heard claims that setuid was also an innovation in unix.  No idea of the construct's history.

DMR/Bell Labs hold the patent (US4135240) on setuid: 

http://worldwide.espacenet.com/publicationDetails/biblio?CC=US&NR=4135240&KC=&FT=E&locale=en_EP

--lyndon



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