osh: security problem?

Does anyone out there know whether osh (which runs setuid root) constitutes a security hole in Unix environments? One of our Unix people seems unsettled by its use by some of our students here, and asserts that if it isn't written with security in mind, it might be possible to crack the system with it.

• Phil.

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  Phil Herring, University of Wollongong, Australia Copyright (c) 1993 Phil Herring phil_herring_at_info-gw.uow.edu.au

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