On Thu, Jan 21, 1999 at 11:32:54AM -0500, Dale Scheetz wrote: > I suspect that both of you are editing these files as a user. I suspect > (but haven't checked) that if you do the edit as root, that the bits will > stay in place, but another user, who may have write permissions on the > file should not be able to change the functionality and retain the > setuidness. This seems like a proper quirk of the permissions system and > nothing to do with the editor in question.
Unless something has changed, the setuid bit is ignored on scripts anyway. I just tried to get one working on Linux 2.0.34 for demo purposes and couldn't. Actually you lose the bit just doing an owner change as root even. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3TYD [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org
