suid perl is a really BAD idea.
Dave
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kevin Druet
> Sent: lunedì 9 aprile 2001 15.41
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: another strange issue
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> I have a perl CGI that verifies web users against that /etc/passwd
> file, this file requires that it be run suid root, for some reason the
> script returns an error, cannot set SUID.
> is there anyway that I can "confuse" the script or let it think that its
> running SUID ?
