Re: RedHat Question

On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 6:18 AM, Roman Podshivalov < roman.podshivalov_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Jared,
>
> To run it with root privileges you have to have a SUID bit set and use
> setuid(geteuid) routine in your code. But If memory serves me correctly if
> you set it first before chown your script to root it'll disappear (just to
> prevent such a security hole). And once script belongs to root you cannot
> set SUID bit on it anyway 8-)
>
> --romas
>
>

It's been awhile, but I've done just that on older versions of Unix.

Something like 'create script, chmod u+s script, chown root script'

Which is why it is normally no longer possible.

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Jared Still
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