Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 09:21:37 -0000 From: "labrat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] linux guru help required (on topic though!)
You have to do "chown root:root <file>", prior to the "chmod +s" to have the binary "run as root"... ----- Original Message ----- From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Libretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 7:32 AM Subject: Re: [LIB] linux guru help required (on topic though!) > Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 07:28:03 > From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [LIB] linux guru help required (on topic though!) > > > >Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 20:17:34 +1300 > >From: Fran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: [LIB] linux guru help required (on topic though!) > > > >"chmod +s" the application you want to run as root. > > This sets the suid bit, yes? it's set, but it still won't run except as > root. There's a bit of code in there (geteuid()) which checks the user id, > and even if I try and setuid before it, it still retains my normal user ID. > > Neil > > > > >Fran > >:):):) > > > >On Wed, 30 Jan 2002 19:57, you wrote: > > > Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2002 06:52:08 > > > From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: Re: [LIB] linux guru help required (on topic though!) > > > > > > >Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 08:24:25 -0800 > > > > > > From: Casey Karp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > >Subject: Re: [LIB] linux guru help required (on topic though!) > > > > > > > >I'm not a linux expert by any means, but have you tried running it via > > > >sudo? > > > > > > > > C. > > > > > > My next approach, though sudo doesn't appear to be installed at present > > > :) > > > > > > Buuuuuuuut, I'm damn sure there's a way that programs which require su > > > access to talk to the hardware can be run by users. Otherwise, how does > > > (e.g.) kppp work? > > > > > > Neil > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > > > http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ************************************************************** > > > http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list > > > http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives > > > http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ > > > -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- > > > Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be > > > addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text > > > on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe > > > --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ > > > Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest > > > ************************************************************** > > > > > > > > > >************************************************************** > >http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list > >http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives > >http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ > > -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- > >Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be > >addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text > >on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe > > --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ > >Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest > >************************************************************** > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > ************************************************************** > http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list > http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives > http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ > -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- > Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be > addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text > on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe > --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ > Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest > ************************************************************** > ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
