Re: [linux-delhi] Set UID root Q

2000-03-25 Thread Suman Saraf


Linux does not allow setuid shell scripts. 

You need to write a small C program to exec that
script and chmod u+s that C program generated binary.


--- Sandip Bhattacharya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 I have made a small shell script to parse the log
 files to give me some
 stats. But for a normal user it doesn't give access
 to the
 /var/log/messages file. So I set uid root for the
 file so that it's
 permissions become 
 
 -rwsrwxr-x   1 root root 
 
 But still the normal user is  not able to use the
 script. What am I
 missing?
 - Sandip
 -- 
 Sandip Bhattacharya
 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Hope 16 Web Solutions
 ICQ: 38380743
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Re: [linux-delhi] Set UID root Q

2000-03-25 Thread Naresh Narang

setuid Perl script works however.

Regards,
Naresh Narang.

Suman Saraf wrote:

 Linux does not allow setuid shell scripts.

 You need to write a small C program to exec that
 script and chmod u+s that C program generated binary.

 --- Sandip Bhattacharya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  I have made a small shell script to parse the log
  files to give me some
  stats. But for a normal user it doesn't give access
  to the
  /var/log/messages file. So I set uid root for the
  file so that it's
  permissions become
 
  -rwsrwxr-x   1 root root
  
  But still the normal user is  not able to use the
  script. What am I
  missing?
  - Sandip
  --
  Sandip Bhattacharya
  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  Hope 16 Web Solutions
  ICQ: 38380743
  --
 
 
 

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