On Wed, 2006-12-06 at 11:10 -0800, Tom Phoenix wrote: > On 12/6/06, Gene Bomgardner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > A package I was running uses suidperl. > > > > For some reason, it's disappeared. I need to replace it. > > In order to minimize security risks, suidperl is no longer a routine > part of a Perl installation. You "could" reinstall it with (some older > version of) perl, I suppose; but folks nowadays use a simple set-id > wrapper program that will safely invoke its target script. There's > source for a wrapper in the perlsec manpage.
Might be also worth mentioning sudo which you can run a command as another user in a very configurable way. http://www.courtesan.com/sudo/ -- Ken Foskey FOSS developer -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
