Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 07:28:03 From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] linux guru help required (on topic though!)
>Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 20:17:34 +1300 >From: Fran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIB] linux guru help required (on topic though!) > >"chmod +s" the application you want to run as root. This sets the suid bit, yes? it's set, but it still won't run except as root. There's a bit of code in there (geteuid()) which checks the user id, and even if I try and setuid before it, it still retains my normal user ID. Neil > >Fran >:):):) > >On Wed, 30 Jan 2002 19:57, you wrote: > > Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 06:52:08 > > From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [LIB] linux guru help required (on topic though!) > > > > >Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 08:24:25 -0800 > > > > From: Casey Karp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > >Subject: Re: [LIB] linux guru help required (on topic though!) > > > > > >I'm not a linux expert by any means, but have you tried running it via > > >sudo? > > > > > > C. > > > > My next approach, though sudo doesn't appear to be installed at present > > :) > > > > Buuuuuuuut, I'm damn sure there's a way that programs which require su > > access to talk to the hardware can be run by users. Otherwise, how does > > (e.g.) kppp work? > > > > Neil > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > > http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > > > > > > ************************************************************** > > http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list > > http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives > > http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ > > -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- > > Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be > > addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text > > on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe > > --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ > > Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest > > ************************************************************** > > > > >************************************************************** >http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list >http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives >http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ > -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- >Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be >addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text >on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe > --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ >Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest >************************************************************** > _________________________________________________________________ Join the world�s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
