From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 31 0:21:16 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from xyzzy.intranet.snsonline.net (dhcp.looksmart.com.au [202.53.47.178]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 373D637B422 for ; Thu, 31 May 2001 00:21:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from msergeant@snsonline.net) Received: from xyzzy.intranet.snsonline.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by xyzzy.intranet.snsonline.net (8.11.3/8.11.3) with SMTP id f4V7K9V36772; Thu, 31 May 2001 17:20:14 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from msergeant@snsonline.net) Message-Id: <200105310720.f4V7K9V36772@xyzzy.intranet.snsonline.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit MIME-Version: 1.0 From: "Mark Sergeant" To: "Dan Mahoney, System Admin" , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Setuid Shell/Perl scripts X-Mailer: Pronto v2.2.5 On freebsd/mysql Date: 31 May 2001 02:20:07 EST Reply-To: "Mark Sergeant" In-Reply-To: References: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Why not configure sudo so you can run command as user (nobody whatever web serv er runs as) without requiring a password. On Thu, 31 May 2001 03:12:01 -0400 (EDT), Dan Mahoney, System Admin said: :: I've noticed that recently FreeBSD made it so that setuid shell and perl :: scripts no longer work, and while I can compile a wrapper for some of the :: applications, I'd like to know if there's any way to turn this :: "feature" back off. I'm planning to upgrade my servers from 3.2-R to :: 4.3-R, and the systems are secure (no users have shell access, other than :: admins), but a lot of the web scripting relies on setuid scripts (for :: example, scripts that allow our users to modify our radius entries, or our :: web-editor, or even our change-your-password-via-the-web interface). :: :: Thanks in Advance, please CC any messages regarding this to me, I'm not :: subscribed. :: :: -Dan Mahoney :: :: -- :: :: "Happy, Sad, Happy, Sad, Happy, Sad, Happy, Intruiged! I've never been so :: in touch with my emotions!" :: :: -AndrAIa as Hexadecimal, Reboot Episode 3.2.3 :: :: --------Dan Mahoney-------- :: Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek :: Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC :: ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM :: Web: http://prime.gushi.org :: finger danm@prime.gushi.org :: for pgp public key and tel# :: --------------------------- :: :: :: :: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org :: with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message :: :: -- Mark Sergeant Unix Systems Administrator Fortune follows... I'm rated PG-34!! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message