On Sat, May 25, 2002 at 02:32:55AM +0530, Abhir Joshi wrote: > Hi > > Consider the following statements at the root prompt: > > [ ]# echo 'mkdir $*' >/usr/bin/mymkdir > [ ]# chmod +x,u+s /usr/bin/mymkdir > > Now if a user executes this script > > [ ]$ cd / > [ ]$ mymkdir hello > mkdir: cannot create directory `hello': Permission denied > > it gives permission denied error. Whats wrong? Isn't the script suid > to root? Why isn't 'mkdir' getting root privilege?
Afaik, it won't work. It works only with binary executables. ( You can write a C program, and call the commands with the "system" call ). -- jaju _______________________________________________ http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
