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Date:      Mon, 14 Apr 2003 23:34:18 +0100
From:      Ceri Davies <setantae@submonkey.net>
To:        Niki Denev <nike_d@cytexbg.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: suidperl not suid after installworld?
Message-ID:  <20030414223418.GA26589@submonkey.net>
In-Reply-To: <005801c302cc$e0502ac0$0300000a@niked>
References:  <005801c302cc$e0502ac0$0300000a@niked>

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On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 12:29:05AM +0300, Niki Denev wrote:
> The last two times that i have cvsup-ed/built/installed world (first from
> 4.7-Rel to 4.8-Rc, then to 4.8-Rel),
> i have noticed that after the update is complete the newly installed
> suidperl binary has not the suid bit set and
> does not work until i manualy set it., and i just wonder if this is
> something normal, or i am doing something wrong?

>From the make.conf manual page:

     ENABLE_SUIDPERL
                   (bool) Set to enable the installation of an suid perl(1)
                   binary.

So if you add
	ENABLE_SUIDPERL=	yes

to your /etc/make.conf file then you'll get the behaviour you're expecting.

Ceri

PS  You should really have directed this to freeebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org.
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