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From: etb@milton.u.washington.edu (Eric Bushnell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: Problem with setuid shell scripts under Aegis
Message-ID: <1991Apr28.182543.5703@milton.u.washington.edu>
Date: 28 Apr 91 18:25:43 GMT
Article-I.D.: milton.1991Apr28.182543.5703
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In article <1991Apr26.220353.22998@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu> panisset@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu (Jean-Francois Panisset ) writes:
>Here is a question from an Aegis novice: I am trying to create scripts
>which are to run setuid to root, and things are not working (we are 
>running Domain 10.2, btw). Here is what I am trying to do:
>
When I once succumbed to the temptation to write an SUID-root shell
script on a 10.3 node, I discovered that it didn't really change
the UID. I presume this is a security feature. It's one feature I
won't carp about. Root scripts can be dangerous, and it saved me from
ignoring my better judgment. 8-}

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Eric Bushnell
Univ of Washington Civil Engineering
etb@u.washington.edu