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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!news.mathworks.com!ntuix.ntu.ac.sg!raffles.technet.sg!einstein.technet.sg!jseng From: jseng@technet.sg (James Seng) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: "chmod u+s" problem Date: 13 Sep 1995 02:35:54 GMT Organization: Technet, Singapore Lines: 11 Message-ID: <435g2a$s87@raffles.technet.sg> References: <433ti2$96r@advocaat.dd.sigma.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: einstein.technet.sg X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Olof Franksson (Olof.Franksson@dd.sigma.se) wrote: : What I created was a shell script (foo, see below) owned by root (chown : root foo), with the execution flags set (chmod a+rx foo), and with "set : ID on execution" flag set (chmod u+s foo). Oh no! Lets not start a long threat of "Setuid Script" here please. Please read the FAQ for comp.security.unix. The answer is all there. In short, setuid script are not allowed. -James Seng