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Date:      26 Dec 2002 11:24:30 -0500
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Run as owner
Message-ID:  <44vg1g3g01.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <3E0B2A1C.1080503@netzero.net>
References:  <3DE83EE1.60400@netzero.net> <200211301028.10083.ph1@cogeco.ca> <05db01c29890$6befb7a0$fa00a8c0@DaleCoportable> <3E0B2A1C.1080503@netzero.net>

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Kirk Bailey <idiot1@netzero.net> writes:

> Nope, I wrote a script that simply wran ID as a command and printed
> the result, and ran it as my id of howlermo, although it was owned by
> root. It wran as howlermo. I then ran it as grumpy. It ran as
> grumpy. I then ran it as su, it ran as su. Permission was 755, so
> anyone could run it, and w hoever ran it, it ran as; it assumes the id
> of the person running it. Hmmm...

Scripts don't honor setuid bits.
[For rather important security reasons.]
I'd be surprised if there was really a manual page that said otherwise.

> Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote:
> > From: "david" <ph1@cogeco.ca>
> > Subject: Re: Run as owner
> > On Friday 29 November 2002 23:30, Kirk Bailey wrote:
> >
> >>OK, man says to get a script to run as the owner, turn on the 4000
> > bit.
> >
> >>OK, I did. No such luck, it continues to run as the apache identity
> >>'nobody'.
> > david:  I'm just wondering, why is this a problem?
> > I believe it's 'cuz he wants the script to build or destroy
> > /etc/mail/aliases......check out some earlier posts under
> > different thread names, perhaps.
> > Kevin Kinsey
> > DaleCo, S.P.
> >
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> end
> 
> Respectfully,
>               Kirk D Bailey
> 
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