Date: Tue, 22 Jul 1997 10:06:41 +0300 From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: Tim Stoddard <tims@dcs.state.ar.us> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: suid question Message-ID: <33D45C01.1F76@barcode.co.il> References: <Pine.HPP.3.96.970721135343.2022A-100000@dcs.state.ar.us>
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Tim Stoddard wrote: > > I have a need to allow someone the ability to reload a daemon. I have > tried to write a script with the suid id bit set and owner set to root, > but the script is always executed with the uid of the person who executed > it instead of root. I am at a loss as to what else would need to be set. > > Thanks in advance, > Tim Stoddard Normally, shell scripts can't be setuid. However, take a look at sudo (it's in the ports) it might do just what you need. Nadav
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