LEE, Yui-wah (Clement) writes ("Re: A question on setting setuid bit"): > This is an experimental package that we built and > evaluate internally (up to this moment). The program > that needs setuid is a cgi-bin program that is invoked > by apache2, which runs as a regular user www-data. The > cgi-bin program however needs to interact with > iptables.
! This is a very risky way to go about things. You desperately need to have a competent security expert go over your design. Also, I'd like to plug my program `userv' which can help solve some of these problems - but you have to get the design right to get the best out of it. Ian. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]