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Dan Nicholson wrote:
> On 2/4/07, Arnie Stender <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> I don't have time right now to test tar and cpio but I do know for
>> sure
>> a straight cp of an SUID file does NOT produce an SUID copy of the file,
>> even if done as root.
>
> I just did a "cp -a" of Xorg as root, which is suid, and it showed up
> as suid in the copy. You would need the -a or -p or some other cp
> option that maintains ownership and permissions.
>
> --
> Dan
Hi Dan,
Good to know. Thanks for checking up on me. ;-)
Arnie
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