Date: Fri, 26 May 1995 16:47:36 -0700 From: Gary Palmer <gpalmer@westhill.cdrom.com> To: "matthew c. mead" <mmead@glock.com> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Setuid perl scripts Message-ID: <18237.801532056@westhill.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 26 May 1995 17:53:12 EDT." <199505262153.RAA17029@Glock.COM>
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In message <199505262153.RAA17029@Glock.COM>, "matthew c. mead" writes: > Anyone know why setuid perl scripts don't work with /usr/bin/perl? >Thanks! Because when perl detects it's being run set[ug]id, it moves to working with `taintperl' which does a bit more security checking (or something) to prevent security holes opening up inadvertantly. perl scripts quite often have to be re-written to work properly under taintperl 'cos of it's restrictions. See the man page for more. Gary
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