gzip:is set-group-ID on execution - ignored

2012-08-23 Thread Magesh Kumar Sellamuthu
Hi, I am getting the following while running gzip command for a file with permission "-rw-r-Sr--. 1 root root", gzip: is set-group-ID on execution - ignored The command is working fine in RHEL 5.5 with same permission but not in RHEL 6.2. Please help me out Thanks, Magesh ::DISCLAIMER:: ---

Re: gzip:is set-group-ID on execution - ignored

2012-08-23 Thread Paul Eggert
Newer versions of gzip refuse to clobber setuid or setuid files. If memory serves this is for security reasons.