Date: Wed, 6 Dec 1995 19:30:55 -0500 (EST) From: Stephen Hovey <shovey@buffnet.net> To: David Greenman <davidg@root.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SUID bits Message-ID: <Pine.BSD.3.91.951206192818.648B-100000@buffnet9.buffnet.net> In-Reply-To: <199512062139.NAA17816@corbin.Root.COM>
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On Wed, 6 Dec 1995, David Greenman wrote: > >I cannot get SUID to work on files in 2.1R. In other unixes I would > >chmod 4755 filename. > > > >I do here- I see the s - but when invoked it gives permission errors as > >though there were no suid bit set. > > > >Is there some other step that has to be done? > > What are you trying to chmod? Shell scripts are not allowed to be SUID for > security reasons. > > -DG I ran a test with a shell script - but the problem came to light with 'submit' which is a program from MMDF which I just ported. Elm and PINE wouldnt work and I traced it to perms on the lock/home of MMDF q's. These would work if I was root, but as a regular user - nada. I finally got over this by setting the equivalent for mail group and giving group perms and setgid but this doesnt answer the primary issue.
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