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bigger privileges than the user who executes them. One example is the
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\texttt{passwd} program that needs to update files \texttt{/etc/passwd} and
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\texttt{/etc/shadow}, where the ordinary (i.e. non root) user process cannot
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-modify the first and cannot write into the the second. Another example is the
+modify the former and cannot read the latter. Another example is the
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\texttt{su} program, which has to have the right to arbitrarily change user and
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group identity, which is a privilege of programs running with UID~0.
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\item Programs using the SUID and SGID bits should be carefully programmed
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