On Sat, 24 Aug 2002, Jim Reimer wrote: > I'm not sure I'm clear as to when I should use sudo, and > when I should use SUID and/or SGID. It looks like I should > use sudo when I want only a limited number of users to > have access to a (normally root) program, and SUID/SGID > when I want to let everybody have it. Is that all there > is to it?
You can use say group execute (g+x o-x) to control who may run a setuid/setgid program, but basically, yes. > > If I want a script to run as root, I *must* use sudo? The linux exec[vle] call will not run a script for a nonroot user as root. suidperl is a way around this if you write perl scripts. > > Another thing is that if SUID/SGID is appropriate, which > is used? Is it ever necessary to use both at the same time? Maybe. suid exec's as the owner of the executable file, whicn is usually but not necessarily root. > > Thanks for enlightening me. > -jdr- > Lawson ---oops--- ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
