Re: set-uid on shell scripts in Solaris

Posted in 1994

Jonathan Leffler — 20 Jul 1994 10:53:05 -0400 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

}From: yogen@astro.ocis.temple.edu (Yogen Sanghani) }Subject: set-uid on shell scripts in Solaris }Date: 19 Jul 1994 22:30:43 GMT }X-Informix-List-Id: <news.7682> } }Is there any difference in the way set-uid bit works in Solaris from SunOS? }I need a shell script with set-uid, owned by root and to be executed by }operators. ... Yes. Solaris is derived from System V Release 4, and System V has never recognized setuid shell scripts, mainly because they are tremendous security risks. Yours, Jonathan Leffler (johnl@informix.com) #include <disclaimer.h>