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SubjectRe: Some ideas for the kernel wishlist
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Followup to:  <C12565DF.0002520F.00@do-notes01.ExperTeam.de>
By author: Roderich Schupp <rsch@ExperTeam.de>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> hpa@transmeta.com said:
> > The Linux kernel is doing exactly the right thing (honouring the
> > setuid bit on the interpreter, not on the script itself.) If the
> > interpreter is equipped to handle setuid scripts, it can securely
> > fstat() and setuid(). Perl does this, for example. bash doesn't,
> > because bash isn't equipped to handle setuid scripts securely.
> What do you mean - that I should have a setuid-root perl lying around?
>

Look for /usr/bin/suidperl on your system.

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