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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: setuid shell scripts (was: Re: Running processes as root)
Summary: Use a file descriptor
Message-ID: <6678@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 25 Oct 89 17:16:08 GMT
References: <21240@adm.BRL.MIL> <20329@mimsy.umd.edu> <3789@solo6.cs.vu.nl> <20367@mimsy.umd.edu> <3803@solo7.cs.vu.nl>
Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
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Another possible solution to thhe setuid shell script problem would be for
the system to feed the script to the shell via an open file descriptor,
say... descriptor 3. This could support existing shells by passing
/dev/fd3 on the command line.
-- 
Peter da Silva, *NIX support guy @ Ferranti International Controls Corporation.
Biz: peter@ficc.uu.net, +1 713 274 5180. Fun: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com. `-_-'
"That particular mistake will not be repeated.  There are plenty of        'U`
 mistakes left that have not yet been used." -- Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)