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From: j@ida.interface-business.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: BSDI & suidperl Help! =P
Date: 8 Jul 1996 08:38:23 GMT
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cjs@netcom.com (cjs) wrote:

> I am trying to get an suid perl script running under BSDI 2.0.1. I
> have compiled perl 5.003 using the default configuration and several
> variations. In all cases the suidperl will complain when run that it
> can't swap uid with euid. Just making a normal perl script u+s has no
> effect.

It's misconfigured.  Run `configure' again, and select the right
choice.  I don't have a Perl 5.003 available right now.  I think you
should pick SETREUID, not the Posix saved ID interface.

-- 
J"org Wunsch					       Unix support engineer
joerg_wunsch@interface-business.de       http://www.interface-business.de/~j