Date: Thu, 2 May 1996 13:46:29 -0700 (PDT) From: Jim Dennis <jimd@mistery.mcafee.com> To: babbleon@mercury.interpath.com (Brian T. Schellenberger - Personal Account) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Groups ; Setuid Message-ID: <199605022046.NAA02327@mistery.mcafee.com> In-Reply-To: <199605020519.BAA12169@mercury.interpath.com> from "Brian T. Schellenberger - Personal Account" at May 2, 96 01:19:34 am
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> > > Ok, I first used BSD way back in 1981, but I've been wandering in the > land of the lost (sys5-ish systems) for many years now, and I don't > quite "get it" about permissions and BSD, so . . . > > > 1. I want to be able to su to root from my ID, but did not originally .... man su ; vi /etc/groups > > 2. I want to be able to setuid a "script" to root and have it jolly well .... Options: get sudo, man suidperl, write a C wrapper (about 10 lines which just does a system() to call your script) (note: the last one isn't anything like secure -- re: the others -- you mileage may vary) > > Sure, it's a security risk, but this is a home system; it just doesn't > need to be *that* secure. Or is there a better way to do this sort > of thing? > > -- > Brian T. Schellenberger, the Man from Babble-On. > > "Someday I'll get around to importing all the cool quotes from my other > account's .sig files." http://mercury.interpath.com/~babbleon > Jim Dennis, System Administrator, McAfee Associates
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