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Date:      Wed, 31 Jul 2002 18:17:12 -0300 (ART)
From:      Fernando Gleiser <fgleiser@cactus.fi.uba.ar>
To:        Phil Gates <p_gates@fuse.net>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: write a script to get root permission
Message-ID:  <20020731181516.C6656-100000@localhost>
In-Reply-To: <020e01c238d6$41ce6f80$5d7e880a@zoomtown.com>

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On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, Phil Gates wrote:

> Thanks everybody on ftp only login all your suggestions worked. I have another problem and I know .  The person that I am working for want me to write a script in ksh to do some root commands and thenexit.  Is there a way to get root permission in a script.


You cant make a suid script. The kernel ignores the suid bit in scripts
because it is a huge security hole.

If you need to grant partial root privilleges to a user, use sudo.


			Fer

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> Thanks
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> Phil
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