Re: Set user ID on execution
man 2 chmod
Brian Clark <brianj@ais.ais-gwd.com> wrote:
: Greetings,
: Following my problem with su earlier last week, I figured I'd better get a
: refresher on permissions before I really get myself in trouble.
: I guess I never knew what the "s" was for in:
: -rwsr-xr-x
: I checked out `info chmod' and various other places, including a few books
: I have and came up empty on what the plain-english meaning of `4000 Set
: user ID on execution' means. I checked the archives and only came up with
: answers to the same question that consisted solely of "s - Set user ID or
: group ID on execution," but NOT what difference this makes.
: Can anyone explain this to me in plain english? Like, what the difference
: is between chmod 4750 and chmod 750 -- and how it effects the files'
: execution?
: All I have known is that for binaries I want to restrict access to, I have
: always chgrp special_group special_files and chmod 4750 special_files.
: My fingers are obviously dangerous things..
: Thanks,
: Brian
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