On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 02:38:34PM +0000, helmut schmidt wrote: > I have set the SUID bit on /bin/bash but when I run from a normal > unprivileged user, I do not get a root shell - just a normal user context. > When I do the same on Compaq Tru64 I get a root shell - as expected. > Can someone explain why my Linux (Suse 6.2) will not play...
bash has some strange -p option which enables privileged mode.
without -p, it'll revert the effective gid and uid to the real gid and
uid. check the bash manpage for details.
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