Tim Stephens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm trying to use a script I wrote to copy files from one directory to > another (as part of my backup regime). Unfortunately, because they are in my > webserver directory, some of the files don't belong to the user that I run > the script as (via cron). I can run the script with sudo, so I know that it's > a permission problem. > > My initial thought is that I can use the set-uid bit and chown the script to > root, but this still balks. Here is the relevant output of ls -l. > > -rwsr-xr-x 1 root admin 283 Nov 23 15:58 buprep.yuri > > Clearly the file is owned by root, and I kept it as part of my group. I've > read the man pages, and believe that when I call the script, it will assume > root's permissions. It doesn't, so where am I going wrong?
The kernel ignores the setuid bit on interpreted files, for security reasons. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
