> > > > How about invoking scripts with SUID root set? > > Linux seems to ignore SUID bit on scripts:
Yes. My bad. The work around was to use native launchers. I don't remember the details. Perhaps with the interpreter embedded to launch it in-process and to hard code the script paths (or at least a config file/script pointing to them) for security. > Anyway, you should definitely think about security issues. Not all > people out there are friendly... I agree. SUID is often risky. Web applications such as webmin that do administrative functions through a web interface require extra precautions for security such as restricting access to specific IPs. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
