Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 00:29:49 +0000 (GMT) From: George Reid <greid@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Lu!s Croker <lcroker@megared.net.mx> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SETUID ! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0011140027560.94722-100000@sobek.nevernet.net> In-Reply-To: <20001113182224.161b51e3.lcroker@megared.net.mx>
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On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, Lu!s Croker wrote:
> Hi....
>
> I'm making a script which will be executed by an user for creation
> of mail accounts, but I don't want to tell him the root password. How
> I can execute the script with root privileges whitout be root??
>
> chmod 4755 script don't works !!!
>
> Can anybody help me ??? I need a setuid ??
>
> Greetings and sorry by my bad English...
The kernel will not hono(u)r setuid scripts.
Try investigating either calife or sudo in the ports. These allow you to
specify commands that certain users can run as root.
G
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