Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!rutgers!seismo!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!sei.cmu.edu!pdb From: pdb@sei.cmu.edu.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: CHMOD 4755 doesn't work Message-ID: <476@aw.sei.cmu.edu.sei.cmu.edu> Date: Wed, 10-Dec-86 13:35:17 EST Article-I.D.: aw.476 Posted: Wed Dec 10 13:35:17 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 14-Dec-86 06:39:44 EST References: <1792@ncoast.UUCP> Sender: netnews@sei.cmu.edu Reply-To: pdb@sei.cmu.edu (Pat Barron) Distribution: world Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, SEI, Pgh, Pa Lines: 9 Keywords: -rwsrwxrwx or -rwsr-xr-w? Summary: You don't want to set-uid a shell script I've never had an problem using set-uid programs; chmod 4755 should do it. Of course, this only works for *programs* (i.e., something that has come out of a compiler). You can't set-uid a shell script (Well, actually, most versions of 4.2 and 4.3 do let you do this, but you really *don't* want to, as it causes a massive security hole; see the recent discussion on comp.unix.wizards). --Pat.