On 2/15/06, Mohammed Shameer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can there be a setuid perl script which when executed, runs with the > privileges of owner of the file > ie:- > I am root > chown root:root /bin/myscript.pl > chmod +s /bin/myscript.pl > > Now I am a local user > /bin/myscript.pl > > and myscript.pl contains some code which need root privileges to run.
Yes; this can be done with perl, depending upon OS and configuration. Some systems don't support secure set-id scripts, but you can use a "wrapper" to make your program run set-id. See the perlsec documentation for the details, and be careful about security issues. Hope this helps! --Tom Phoenix Stonehenge Perl Training -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
