Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Brown) | Subject | Re: setuid | Date | 22 Mar 1997 05:46:16 +1200 |
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In article <Pine.SUN.3.91.970320193248.23811A-100000@sparc1>, Helmut Riegler <helmut@sparc1.fast.co.at> wrote:
>> as shell scripts and perl scripts cannot be run setuid, and that this is a >> security feature of Unix, so I will have to compile my perl script into an >> executable. Is there another way? > >There is no way to create setuid scripts.
Wrong - and possibly fatally so.
If you use sperl or use "#!/usr/bin/perl -s" you will be able to run suid.
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