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From: rvdp@cs.vu.nl (Ronald van der Pol)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: indir and #!
Keywords: can I enable it?
Message-ID: <8531@star.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 18 Dec 90 22:41:27 GMT
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award@uafhp.uark.edu (Sven Thjostarsson) writes:


>I am trying to install indir on an HP 375.  I have gotten it to compile,
>but when I try to execute a script like:

>#!/usr/local/bin/indir some list of arguments

>My shell reports to me that the file cannot be executed.  Is there
>something I need to do to enable this or is it not supported under
>HP-UX?

	Use the following syntax for setuid shellscripts:
	
	#!/usr/local/bin/indir -u
	#?/bin/sh /usr/local/bin/setuid_shellscript
	#
	# here starts your shellscript
	#

	Other options for indir(1) are -g, -n and -b.
	(see the manual page)

--
		Ronald van der Pol  <rvdp@cs.vu.nl>