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 Post subject: SUID
PostPosted: Wed Nov 06, 2002 11:24 pm 
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Am I correct in guessing that Linux does not support SUID?

For example, if I write a script as root like :

#!/bin/sh

/etc/init.d/xinetd restart



and then give it permissions chmod 4755.

Doesn't that mean that any user can then start xinetd? Can anybody clarify this for me.

Thanks.


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PostPosted: Thu Nov 07, 2002 1:13 am 
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SUID is supported, but not for shell scripts. This is for security reasons (too easy to exploit to give root access, apparently). I don't know if this can be changed - probably, knowing linux - but the point is that you shouldn't be doing such a thing anyway. If you really need a normal user to run such a command, investigate sudo, or change the permissions on "service".

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