Re: suid script

[dpk <dpk@egr.msu.edu>]

On Thu, 3 Dec 1998, Pere Camps wrote:

   Hi!
   
   	I want my users to be able to execute this script:
   
   #!/bin/bash
   /sbin/kbdrate -r 30 -d 250
   /etc/init.d/gpm stop
   /etc/init.d/gpm start
    
   	The problem is that these programs need root's
   privileges. I've suid the script root:root but still the programs
   say I don't have he right permisions to execute them.
   
   	What's going wrong here?

A better/more secure way is to install the package 'sudo'.  Then you
can add the command to the /etc/sudoers file:

#= Give 'username' permission to execute 'mycommand' as root
username           ALL=/path/to/mycommand

Hope this helps!
Dennis
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