Re: KSH setuid script doesn't work?

In article <4dgpc4$ja7@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, walt@mathcs.emory.edum says... >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". After looking at the archive, the program & paper could have been written by someone working for us. :-) It was an unpleasant surprise when trying to upgrade from Informix 3.3 to learn we couldn't set group or user-level permissions for programs. We eventually developed a similar setuid program. -- William Harris (Standard disclaimers) CARS Information Systems william@carsinfo.com 4000 Executive Park Drive Cincinnati, OH (USA) 45241