Re: suid script

[Pere Camps <pere@casal.upc.es>]

Ben,

> First off, chown'ing them root.root does not make them suid, that requires
> chmod 4xxx or 2xxx (the first is suid, the second is sgid).

	When I wrote that I was suiding the file root.root i meant
rwsrwsr-x... root root ... and not someting like root.adm.

> strongly suggest you now do this. Instead download either the sudo or (my
> preference) super package and use them instead since they have much more
> control and security than simply setting the scripts suid.

	Finally opted for the sudo which I had already installed for some
other reason. Thanks for your help.

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