Re: KSH setuid script doesn't work?

In article <4dei14$i2b@ns.oar.net>, William Harris <william@carsinfo.com> wrote: > >I may be describing it in reverse of what actually happens, but the result is >that setting the suid bit on a script or program is not sufficient to get a >script to run as that user. Yes. One work-around is to put a wrapper or front-end on your application that changes the real user-id before running your app. There is more information and some sample code (admittedly written a while back) in the file "ftp://ftp.iiug.org/pub/informix/pub/appstart.Z". Good luck, Walt. -- Walt Hultgren Internet: walt@rmy.emory.edu (IP 170.140.97.4) Emory University UUCP: {...,gatech,rutgers,uunet}!emory!rmy!walt 954 Gatewood Road, NE BITNET: walt@EMORY Atlanta, GA 30329 USA Voice: +1 404 727 0648