Hi,
I'm trying to get my mythfrontend box to allow a user to shut the
machine down without the use of a keyboard. We are only using remote
controls. suso doesn't seem to be an option because it requires a
password. (AFAICT)
Is there some other way that I could make this work?
I took a
Mark Knecht wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying to get my mythfrontend box to allow a user to shut the
machine down without the use of a keyboard. We are only using remote
controls. suso doesn't seem to be an option because it requires a
password. (AFAICT)
Is there some other way that I could make this
On 7/20/05, Richard Fish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mark Knecht wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying to get my mythfrontend box to allow a user to shut the
machine down without the use of a keyboard. We are only using remote
controls. suso doesn't seem to be an option because it requires a
password.
I thought linux wouldn't allow suid shell scripts to work as suid.
The reasoning is a shell script doesn't quite execute, it gets
interpeted by the command on the first line. Just as a test I made a
simple script modded root.root 4755 that consists of the /bin/bash
line, and cat /etc/shadow.
On Wednesday 20 July 2005 19:29, Mark Knecht wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying to get my mythfrontend box to allow a user to shut the
machine down without the use of a keyboard. We are only using remote
controls. suso doesn't seem to be an option because it requires a
password. (AFAICT)
Is there
Wade Brown wrote:
I thought linux wouldn't allow suid shell scripts to work as suid.
The reasoning is a shell script doesn't quite execute, it gets
interpeted by the command on the first line. Just as a test I made a
simple script modded root.root 4755 that consists of the /bin/bash
line, and
Mark Knecht wrote:
I don't know how this is much of a security issue for me, but then
again I don't know much about security, and I suppose it could be if
someone plugs a keyboard in and wants to cause some harm. Shame on
them, but good of you to consider it.
It isn't. I mostly included
On Wed, 2005-07-20 at 11:06 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote:
On 7/20/05, Richard Fish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mark Knecht wrote:
Hi,
I'm trying to get my mythfrontend box to allow a user to shut the
machine down without the use of a keyboard. We are only using remote
controls. suso
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