Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 13:22:06 -0800 From: "D. Marc Stearman" <marc@mordred.punk.net> To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: suidperl Message-ID: <20020128132206.A64775@mordred.punk.net> In-Reply-To: <20020113002822.GA28482@spoon.pkl.net>; from freebsd-security@rikrose.net on Sun, Jan 13, 2002 at 12:28:22AM %2B0000 References: <077f01c19b41$7cf205a0$6500a8c0@halenet.com.au> <20020112204404.A455@raven.robbins.dropbear.id.au> <20020113002822.GA28482@spoon.pkl.net>
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openwebmail is one application that uses suidperl. If you ever need an application to be setuid, you can either use suidperl, or write a c-wrapper around your perl script and have the c-progrm be setuid. It just another option for flexibility. -Marc Rik said: > Which raises the question, what use is suidperl without the suid bit? I > can't recall ever having used it, and I can't recall any scripts I know > of that use it... so, uhm, what's the point? > > rik > -- > PGP Key: D2729A3F - Keyserver: wwwkeys.uk.pgp.net - rich at rdrose dot org > Key fingerprint = 5EB1 4C63 9FAD D87B 854C 3DED 1408 ED77 D272 9A3F > Public key also encoded with outguess on http://rikrose.net > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message -- D. Marc Stearman -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The Shadow There are no happy endings because nothing ever ends -Schmendrick the Magician- marc@mordred.punk.net -=-=-=-=-=-=-=- http://mordred.punk.net/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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