Sorry for responding so late. I finally got around to doing wht you suggested, and thought it was worth sending it to the mailing list, if only for the record.
> > Basically, /usr/bin/perl, /usr/bin/perl5.8.X, and /usr/bin/suidperl are all > > hardlinks to the same thing, and /usr/bin/sperl5.8.X is a different > > executable, the one whose suid bit should be changed if necessary, instead > > of /usr/bin/suidperl. > So if you try to run it with perl, does it end up running sperl5.8.x and > working? Yes, it works! Setup: -- SuSE 9.3, BackupPC 2.1.0 with patch 1. -- Both the daemon (/opt/backuppc/bin/BackupPC) and the CGI script (/srv/www/cgi-bin/backuppc/BackupPC_Admin) have plain perl in their she-bang lines, and are owned by the backuppc user. -- The CGI script is set suid to the Backuppc user, and none of the scripts in /opt/backuppc/bin/, included the daemon, are (I used to have that to make things work). Tests: -- Without doing anything, the CGI doesn't work, but the daemon does. -- If I chmod u+s /usr/bin/suidperl (and nothing else), the CGI script works, but the daemon doesn't -- If I chmod u+s /usr/bin/sperl5.8.6 (and nothing else), both the CGI script and the daemon work. Bernardo Rechea ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Do you grep through log files for problems? Stop! Download the new AJAX search engine that makes searching your log files as easy as surfing the web. DOWNLOAD SPLUNK! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7637&alloc_id=16865&op=click _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
