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Date:      Fri, 13 May 2011 03:07:43 -0700
From:      Chris Telting <christopher-ml@telting.org>
To:        krad <kraduk@gmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Established method to enable suid scripts?
Message-ID:  <4DCD02EF.7050808@telting.org>
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTin4rkQouSiOy4M1uu%2BqXSWJzF_STA@mail.gmail.com>
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On 05/13/2011 01:32, krad wrote:
> what i cant understand is the complete aversion to sudo. Could you 
> shed any light on why you are trying to avoid a tried and tested method.

That I freely admit is for no rational reason. It's just annoying. But 
let me ask you.. is "sudo ping" acceptable? Please explain the logical 
reason why not. It would be the preferred method if suid didn't exist 
and sudo was part of the base system.

Happy Friday.




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