Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 09:21:25 -0400 (EDT) From: Steve Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> To: "Joshua J. Ellis" <ellis@kcc.com> Cc: "'freebsd-questions@freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Set execution UID on script Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.970611092114.9324C-100000@buffnet11.buffnet.net> In-Reply-To: <01BC75C2.A3B27CA0.ellis@kcc.com>
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Shell scripts cant be suid for security reasons. On Tue, 10 Jun 1997, Joshua J. Ellis wrote: > > I'm missing something on a script I'm attempting to setup for an > administration group. The script is this: > > #!/bin/sh > kill -hup `cat /var/run/named.hup` > > I then do a "chown root:staff rs-named" followed by a "chmod 6750 rs-named". > That gives me an set of permissions like this: > > -rwsr-s--- 1 root staff 46 Jun 10 16:56 rs-named > > Shouldn't this allow users of the 'staff' group to successfully execute this > command? When I try to execute it as anyone but root, I get the following > error: > > kill: 230: Operation not permitted > > 230 is the PID of named. If it is executing as root, why is kill refusing to > send a message to the process? > > -joshua > -- > ****[ S-D-G ]***************************************[-0.8090169943749]*** > Joshua Ellis, IS Consultant - Omni Resources, Green Bay, WI (800)236-2332 > ellis@kcc.com http://www.kimberly-clark.com > joshe@elltech.com http://www.joshua.elltech.com > > poet-apostate-philosopher-musician-pinhead-hwarang-webmaestro-japh < > ************************************************************************* > > >
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