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From: Terry Todd <tlt@tltodd.com>
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Subject: setuid shell script
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Is there something that prevents a setuid root shell script from
working?  

I have a file that is setuid to root with the following lines in it.

#!/bin/sh
id

The id it comes back with is the uid of the user executing the
shell script.  And yes I am aware that setuid root shell scripts
are a security problem bu none-the-less I'd like to find the answer
to this problem.

Thanks,
Terry Todd

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