[3061] in RedHat Linux List
RE: Permission problem
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Elliot Lee)
Wed Nov 6 19:57:51 1996
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 1996 19:51:52 -0500 (EST)
From: Elliot Lee <sopwith@cuc.edu>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: <199611070045.SAA01658@pathology.utmem.edu>
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On Wed, 6 Nov 1996 mmalecha@utmem1.utmem.edu wrote:
> >I can't see why it would fail since the scripts are suid root. Anyone
> >have any clues? Thanks.
>
> scripts do not have to be suid root.
More like, scripts *cannot* be suid root.
There is an inherent security risk in having suid-root scripts. So Linux
(and many other UNIXish OS's) just ignores the suid flag if it is on a
script.
-- Elliot
A: "Talk about stupidity!"
B: "Who, you?"
A: "No, me!"
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