On Mon, Jan 10, 2000 at 04:04:14AM -0500, D-Man wrote: > On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 11:27:38AM -0800, Xucaen wrote: > | would writing scripts in a compiled language like > | C be a solution? > | > Errm .. then they are not scripts anymore...
Cliff > If any binary files can be exec as suid, then I would recommend > python. It will have more of the feel of a script with its high level > view of things. > > Python programs can be byte-compiled to .pyo files. It may be an > option to have the .pyo file suid while hiding the .py source itself. > > Just a thought. > > > | can a user have permission to exec a script > | contained in a directory they don't have read > | access to? > | > > Hmm, there's an idea. They would have to know the name for certain > since ls wouldn't help them. But I think that they would still be > able to read the file. Try it and see. ;-) > > | > | xucaen > > > -D > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >