On Thu, 21 Jan 1999, Jules Bean wrote: > On Thu, 21 Jan 1999, Tibor Koleszar wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > So, if you have a script with a setuid flag after you edit+save it in > > mc's editor the flag will dissapear... > > I dont know, but i think it's a bug. > > Let me know if it is, and i'll report it. > > i've observed the same thing in emacs. > > Presumably it's an OS level safety feature. > > (Seems sensible to me)
I suspect that both of you are editing these files as a user. I suspect (but haven't checked) that if you do the edit as root, that the bits will stay in place, but another user, who may have write permissions on the file should not be able to change the functionality and retain the setuidness. This seems like a proper quirk of the permissions system and nothing to do with the editor in question. Luck, Dwarf -- _-_-_-_-_- Author of "The Debian Linux User's Guide" _-_-_-_-_-_- aka Dale Scheetz Phone: 1 (850) 656-9769 Flexible Software 11000 McCrackin Road e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tallahassee, FL 32308 _-_-_-_-_-_- If you don't see what you want, just ask _-_-_-_-_-_-_-