Date: 31 May 2001 02:20:07 EST From: "Mark Sergeant" <msergeant@snsonline.net> To: "Dan Mahoney, System Admin" <danm@prime.gushi.org>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Setuid Shell/Perl scripts Message-ID: <200105310720.f4V7K9V36772@xyzzy.intranet.snsonline.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0105310307320.70143-100000@prime.gushi.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0105310307320.70143-100000@prime.gushi.org>
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Why not configure sudo so you can run command as user (nobody whatever web serv er runs as) without requiring a password. On Thu, 31 May 2001 03:12:01 -0400 (EDT), Dan Mahoney, System Admin said: :: I've noticed that recently FreeBSD made it so that setuid shell and perl :: scripts no longer work, and while I can compile a wrapper for some of the :: applications, I'd like to know if there's any way to turn this :: "feature" back off. I'm planning to upgrade my servers from 3.2-R to :: 4.3-R, and the systems are secure (no users have shell access, other than :: admins), but a lot of the web scripting relies on setuid scripts (for :: example, scripts that allow our users to modify our radius entries, or our :: web-editor, or even our change-your-password-via-the-web interface). :: :: Thanks in Advance, please CC any messages regarding this to me, I'm not :: subscribed. :: :: -Dan Mahoney :: :: -- :: :: "Happy, Sad, Happy, Sad, Happy, Sad, Happy, Intruiged! I've never been so :: in touch with my emotions!" :: :: -AndrAIa as Hexadecimal, Reboot Episode 3.2.3 :: :: --------Dan Mahoney-------- :: Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek :: Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC :: ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM :: Web: http://prime.gushi.org :: finger danm@prime.gushi.org :: for pgp public key and tel# :: --------------------------- :: :: :: :: To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org :: with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message :: :: -- Mark Sergeant Unix Systems Administrator Fortune follows... I'm rated PG-34!! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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