Re: setuid script

2009-03-25 Thread cesarino vinh
This is how I start my browser under GNOME: Alt+F2 then: gksu then I choose another user, and run iceweasel, I just want to make that "more comfortable" by just clicking "on something".

Re: setuid script

2009-03-22 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 09:06:01PM +, Chris Davies wrote: > cesarino vinh wrote: > > I just wanted to run my browser with a different user, because it's > > safer :S > > Safer than what...? If javascript breaks out of the iceweasel sandbox, I'd like it to be in a separate user's sandbox.

Re: setuid script

2009-03-22 Thread Chris Davies
cesarino vinh wrote: > I just wanted to run my browser with a different user, because it's > safer :S Safer than what...? > How can I do that? I'm using wright now the "gksu" - and then run as user... > so I can't make a shell script to do that, and I don't want to modify the > browser's execut

Re: setuid script

2009-03-22 Thread cesarino vinh
Ok, thank you, so that's why it ignores it :) I just wanted to run my browser with a different user, because it's safer :S :( How can I do that? I'm using wright now the "gksu" - and then run as user... so I can't make a shell script to do that, and I don't want to modify the browser's executable

Re: setuid script

2009-03-22 Thread Jochen Schulz
cesarino vinh: > > why doesn't setuid work? The kernel ignores the SUID bit on all script files (anything which is run by a she-bang line). http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/faq/part4/section-7.html J. -- I will not admit to failure even when I know I am terribly mistaken and have offended othe