Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2008 08:34:21 GMT From: "gs_stoller@juno.com" <gs_stoller@juno.com> To: xfb52@dial.pipex.com Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /usr/local/etc/rc.d/ scripts and non-root user Message-ID: <20080210.033421.6825.0@webmail09.dca.untd.com>
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On Wed, 06 Feb 2008, Alex Zbyslaw wrote
SNIP
> Setuid/gid bits on shell scripts aren't considered safe, however and m=
ay =
> even be disabled.
THERE IS NO REASON FOR THIS, JUST USE THE FILE-SYSTEM TO PROTECT THE FIL=
ES (MAKE THEM NOT WRITEABLE). Scripts are no more susceptible to sabota=
ge and misuse than binary files, it is just that scripts can be more eas=
ily decoded and understood than binary files, and so management (that us=
ually doesn't know much about a computer system) becomes frightened and =
issues orders to relieve their stress.
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