Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 08:23:13 -0600 From: Peter Elsner <peter@servplex.com> To: Paul Lathrop <plathrop@mqtweb.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: suid shell script Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.2.20030311082245.00bc2eb8@mail.servplex.com> In-Reply-To: <327C6D9F-5384-11D7-9C72-000393BF3DE2@mqtweb.com> References: <20030311052835.GA65690@grimoire.chen.org.nz>
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One creates the script, places it in /usr/local/bin (for example), and runs it via a root CRONTAB entry. At 12:42 AM 3/11/2003 -0500, you wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >On Tuesday, March 11, 2003, at 12:28 AM, Jonathan Chen wrote: >> >>Dunno about Linux, but every other modern UNIX out there doesn't allow >>setuid scripts. > >Thanks for your response. Now my question is - how does one automate tasks >requiring root privileges? > >Paul Lathrop >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (Darwin) > >iD8DBQE+bXczlos2supvBQwRApNCAJ4hBh/IW04wPaNl/dYQ97elF2OzIwCfecdP >Twx+Q8robLPf47PCbCsn0HU= >=HKrj >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Elsner <peter@servplex.com> Vice President Of Customer Service (And System Administrator) 1835 S. Carrier Parkway Grand Prairie, Texas 75051 (972) 263-2080 - Voice (972) 263-2082 - Fax (972) 489-4838 - Cell Phone (425) 988-8061 - eFax I worry about my child and the Internet all the time, even though she's too young to have logged on yet. Here's what I worry about. I worry that 10 or 15 years from now, she will come to me and say "Daddy, where were you when they took freedom of the press away from the Internet?" -- Mike Godwin Unix IS user friendly... It's just selective about who its friends are. System Administration - It's a dirty job, but somebody said I had to do it. If you receive something that says 'Send this to everyone you know, pretend you don't know me. Standard $500/message proofreading fee applies for UCE. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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