also sprach Thanasis Kinias <tkinias@optimalco.com> [2002.08.03.0041 +0200]: > > When sudo finished, permissions will be dropped. what good is a shell > > that might have `pwd` set to a non-permitted resource, but not be able > > to do anything with it since it's administratively prohibited? > > I can do 'sudo ls', 'sudo tail _file_', etc. yup. but you can't do cd'ing as it changes the current shell, which doesn't have root privileges. ls'ing a dir is not a problem as it doesn't change the shell, just temporarily it gets a directory listing with root privs, then prints that, then it's over. a cd call leaves you in another directory. what if the root privileges allow the cd into a specific dir? if your regular privs don't allow a cd into that dir, you'll be left in that directory without rights. -- martin; (greetings from the heart of the sun.) \____ echo mailto: !#^."<*>"|tr "<*> mailto:"; net@madduck al telefono: "pronto? cantina sociale?". "hic!".
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