a perfect example of this is the passwd command it runs as root check the owner & perms of passwd should match sudo
On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:31 AM, patricia campbell <[email protected]> wrote: > +10 that's the final step owner=root > setuid bit in 1st set = when I run run me as that userid not current > userid so setuid bit is set but running as aires (owner of sudo) > > > On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 12:13 AM, Philippe Gauthier > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Le vendredi 20 novembre 2009 à 04:40 +0000, concepts a écrit : >>> Yet, when I try anything, I STILL get; >>> >>> ar...@aries:~$ ls -l `which sudo` >>> -rwsr-xr-x 1 aries root 123448 2009-06-22 12:14 /usr/bin/sudo >>> ar...@aries:~$ sudo apt-get install super >>> sudo: must be setuid root >>> ar...@aries:~$ >> >> Yes, the sudo program is running "setuid aries". The third and fourth >> fields in the output of `ls' are the owner and group of the file, >> respectively. A program with the setuid bit set (shown as an `s' in the >> first field) will run with the privileges of the program file's owner. >> So the owner of /usr/bin/sudo must be root for "setuid root" to work. To >> change this back to correct settings, use: >> >> chown root:root /usr/bin/sudo >> >> with root privileges (such as when running in recovery mode.) >> >> Good luck! >> >> -- >> Philippe Gauthier <[email protected]> >> http://www.deuxpi.ca/ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> mlug mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca >> > > > > -- > ___..____._..___._..___. > ...|...|___/..|..|......|..|___| > ...|...|.....\..|..|___.|..|.....| > > "I am always doing what I cannot do yet in order to learn how to do > it." -Vincent Van Gogh > -- ___..____._..___._..___. ...|...|___/..|..|......|..|___| ...|...|.....\..|..|___.|..|.....| "I am always doing what I cannot do yet in order to learn how to do it." -Vincent Van Gogh _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
