Why are dump and restore setuid root?

[Andrew Eason <andrew@solaris-2.Armstrong.EDU>]

I run dump and restore as root.  Is there some sort of hidden feature that
I am missing where it needs setuid root access?  

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Andrew Eason			 andrew@armstrong.edu


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