Date: Mon, 30 Oct 1995 05:17:25 +0000 From: Gary Palmer <gary@palmer.demon.co.uk> To: Charles Henrich <henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why cant a setuid process do a shutdown? Message-ID: <2872.815030245@palmer.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 29 Oct 1995 17:45:54 EST." <199510292245.RAA05648@crh.cl.msu.edu>
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Charles Henrich stands accused of writing in message ID <199510292245.RAA05648@crh.cl.msu.edu>: >Okay, I've tried everything, and I cant figure out anyway in which a setuid >process can execute a shutdown. gary@palmer:~> ls -alo `where shutdown` -r-sr-x--- 1 root operator - 126976 Nov 22 1994 /sbin/shutdown Works fine for me (my normal UID is in the operator group. I did this as I really hated su'ing to root just to switch my machine off for the night...) (and yes, I am running what is basically a 2.0R system :-| ) Gary
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