Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:24:31 +0100 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SUID permission on Bash script Message-ID: <20090829022431.5841d4de@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <87y6p4pbd0.fsf@kobe.laptop> References: <beaf3aa50908280124pbd2c760v8d51eb4ae965dedc@mail.gmail.com> <87y6p4pbd0.fsf@kobe.laptop>
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On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:54:19 +0300 Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> wrote: > On Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:24:35 +0100, Jeronimo Calvo > <jeronimocalvop@googlemail.com> wrote: > > As far as i know, using SUID, script must runs with root > > permissions... so i shoudnt get "Permission denied", what im doing > > wrong?? > > No it must not. There are security reasons why shell scripts are not > setuid-capable. You can find some of them in the archives of the > mailing list, going back at least until 1997. I'm bit puzzled by this, previous threads have given the impression that this is a myth, for example: http://www.mail-archive.com/freebsd-questions@freebsd.org/msg185134.html So are scripts actually incapable of running setuid?
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