Re: Making Script Run as Super User
- To: Butch Kemper <kemper@bihs.net>, Debian User <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
- Subject: Re: Making Script Run as Super User
- From: Jeff Noxon <jeff@planetfall.com>
- Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 14:49:40 -0500
- Message-id: <19980412144940.43922@mystic>
- In-reply-to: <v03130300b156c8ecbe53@[204.96.15.252]>; from Butch Kemper on Sun, Apr 12, 1998 at 02:41:34PM -0500
- References: <v03130300b156c8ecbe53@[204.96.15.252]>
On Sun, Apr 12, 1998 at 02:41:34PM -0500, Butch Kemper wrote:
>
> I want a script to execute as the Super User. I have tried several things
> with the "s" attribute but have not been successful.
Linux won't let you create suid shell scripts -- they're insecure.
The "s" attribute is ignored on shell scripts. You can probably do what
you want with the sudo package.
Jeff
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