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I've created a root alias with a shell script in the login field of
/etc/passwd to allow our Operator to do backups.  The file permissions
on the script are such that only root can rwx and the script makes sure
that its executing from the system console (a designated tty).

Effectively, this is a way of getting a suid root script when your
kernel doesn't let you.  How does this compare to real suid root
scripts as far as security holes are concerned?

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Randy Carpenter                                syscrc@gsuvm1.bitnet
Georgia State University                       (404) 651-2648