Sandor Strohmayer <sstrohma...@linuxcourseware.com> wrote: > I may not understand the objective, but placing suid permissions on a script > is not a safe practice and would not be allowed in any secure installation.
It doesn't really matter either way on Linux since the SUID bit on scripts is ignored, anyway. Other Unix variants do have methods that render SUID scripts secure (by avoiding the race condition between the kernel and the shell/script interpreter opening the script file that constitutes the obvious security hole), and it might be worth pointing out that this doesn't work on Linux, for the benefit of people who transition to Linux from those other Unix variants. Anselm -- Anselm Lingnau ... Linup Front GmbH ... Linux-, Open-Source- & Netz-Schulungen anselm.ling...@linupfront.de, +49(0)6151-9067-103, Fax -299, www.linupfront.de Linup Front GmbH, Postfach 100121, 64201 Darmstadt, Germany Sitz: Weiterstadt (AG Darmstadt, HRB7705), Geschäftsführer: Oliver Michel _______________________________________________ lpi-examdev mailing list lpi-examdev@lpi.org http://list.lpi.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/lpi-examdev
