Re: Can't do setuid

1996-10-11 Thread Rob Browning
Jim Worthington [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It appears that Debian Linux does not have setuid capability. Is this a feature that I can turn on through a configuration file? I would recommend that you investigate the sudo and super packages. They will allow you to do exactly what you want much

Re: Can't do setuid

1996-10-09 Thread Buddha Buck
it. It is inherent in the kernel. Where does the restriction take place (the kernel or an executable file)? The kernel. Suid programs work on Sun Unix, but it don't seem to work here: -rws--x--x 1 root users1413 Oct 8 14:18 dial-att dial-att Can't do setuid

Can't do setuid

1996-10-08 Thread Jim Worthington
, Redhat, etc) have this restriction? Which distributions allow suid? Where does the restriction take place (the kernel or an executable file)? Suid programs work on Sun Unix, but it don't seem to work here: -rws--x--x 1 root users1413 Oct 8 14:18 dial-att dial-att Can't do