Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 12:50:52 +0000 From: Rasputin <rasputin@submonkey.net> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> Cc: security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Accessing as root Message-ID: <20011211125052.A2445@shikima.mine.nu> In-Reply-To: <40735.1008073801@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>; from sheldonh@starjuice.net on Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 02:30:01PM %2B0200 References: <20011211103103.A1668@shikima.mine.nu> <40735.1008073801@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za>
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* Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> [011211 12:35]: > > > On Tue, 11 Dec 2001 10:31:03 GMT, Rasputin wrote: > > > > You need to make your script setuid root (see chmod(1)). > > > > Can you do that on FreeBSD? Most moderm UNIXes don't allow suid scripts. > > Weird, could have sworn this used to work. It did - but modern kernels disallow it because of the race conditions that affect all shell/perl scripts. -- Computer programmers do it byte by byte Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns :: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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