Wow, I didn't even know that. So this is what made people invent the even more insecure alternative sudo?
On 12/22/10, Ethan Grammatikidis <eeke...@fastmail.fm> wrote: > > On 20 Dec 2010, at 6:56 pm, hiro wrote: > >> Ever heard of setuid root?? > > I thought this was supposed to be a script? The Linux kernel prevents > the SUID bit from taking effect on scripts "because SUID scripts are > almost always security exploits." NOT my words, btw. > >
