Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!killer!vector!chip
From: chip@vector.UUCP (Chip Rosenthal)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: HELP!!
Message-ID: <701@vector.UUCP>
Date: 2 Feb 89 07:08:24 GMT
References: <6932@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> <21372@conexch.UUCP>
Reply-To: chip@vector.UUCP (Chip Rosenthal)
Organization: Dallas Semiconductor
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In article <21372@conexch.UUCP> root@conexch.UUCP (Larry Dighera) writes:
>In article <6932@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> barton@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Barton Fisk) writes:
>>I need a user to be able to run a shell script to disable a serial line
>Given that the files in question have the following default permissions:

That only gets you past the first problem.  Even after you can muck
around with /etc/ttys you need permission to kill() getty, which means
you need to be root.

I have no idea why enable is setuid lp.  Obviously, it is to let a
non-priviliged person mess with the printers.  My only guess is that it
is a kludge to get sysadm stuff to work.  If so, it is a crummy way of
doing it.
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Chip Rosenthal     chip@vector.UUCP    |      Choke me in the shallow water
Dallas Semiconductor   214-450-5337    |         before I get too deep.