Re: Authorization - Perl as helper tool vs. SUID
Re: Authorization - Perl as helper tool vs. SUID
- Subject: Re: Authorization - Perl as helper tool vs. SUID
- From: Sherm Pendley <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 17:17:29 -0500
On Jan 10, 2005, at 4:22 PM, Nick Zitzmann wrote:
I don't think that will work. The Perl script will not run because
Perl will not execute the script when the privileges are elevated but
the UID is not root.
Hmmm... that would complicate things. But I'm not certain it's true - I
don't know of any such checks in Perl. Nothing personal, but I think
I'll run a few tests to verify this... :-)
Here is a solution that does work:
<http://www.cocoabuilder.com/archive/message/2003/8/17/93439>
That's the same workaround I referred to, that's suggested by Perl's
security pages as well. It's certainly the way to go if the suid bit
absolutely, positively *must* be set. What I'm trying to determine is
if the suid bit is truly a must-have, or merely a matter of
convenience.
sherm--
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