Re: Setting set-uid on a script

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From: Chris Gayler
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 1994 20:04

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In article <Cr72uu.6Eo@world.std.com> rmedical@world.std.com (Ring Medical) writes:
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>	We are running SCO v3.2.4.2 and are trying to make a root
>owned script have a setuid attribute. We have done a chmod u+s
>to it has well as having it owned by root. All to no avail. I am sure
>this is in the FAQ but we couldn't find the FAQ. Could anybody give
>us a lead ?

Setting the suid on a shell script doesn't have any effect, for 
security reasons. What you'll need to do, if possible, is rewrite
it in C and compile it to an executable binary, then you can setuid. 

-- Chris

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