Re: Can shell-script be setuid ?
On Fri, Oct 06, 2000 at 12:22:49AM -0500, Brad wrote:
> > No. Linux doesn't support this since it is insecure. It works with perl
> > scripts only, because Perl does some extra checks and explicit handling to
> > make it work.
>
> Also, doesn't perl use a special suid binary to run these scripts,
> because as far as the kernel is concerned it just hands it to
> /usr/bin/perl non-suid. Perl detects that the script is suid, and does
> the security handling and restarts suid with that binary.
Man, I am a full-time perl coder and I didn't know that. I learn more
about this bloody language every day. ;-)
Mike
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Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@storm.ca>
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