In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Chris Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >However, when I execute this program after su nobody the copy >reports it doesn't have the permissions to do the create side of the >copy built in. Here's the listing: > >1 -rwsr-xr-x 1 chris root 59 359 Feb 6 22:47 cp > >Here's the program: > >#!/bin/sh
Simple - setuid shell scripts are not supported under Linux because we have learned from history that it is impossible to create a secure shell script. Rewrite your script in perl (and make sure you have "suidperl" on your system). Perl has a special safe mechanism for setuid scripts. Mike. -- Indifference will certainly be the downfall of mankind, but who cares?
