Re: supersuer by a normal user with chmod

2002-09-25 Thread Tom Cook
Supersuer bit? Also known as the RIAA bit? On 0, Raffaele Sandrini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > On normal homedirs the owner of the files is the owner of the homedir. That > means he/she can alter the file permissions in the files he/she ownes (with > chmod) > > I tested the following:

Re: supersuer by a normal user with chmod

2002-09-25 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Raffaele Sandrini ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020925 00:30]: > I tested the following: As a normal user i crated a file in my homedir. > % touch test > > I changed it to a exec file. > % chmod 700 test > > No i set the superuser bit > % chmod +s test > > It worked(!). That means that a user can

supersuer by a normal user with chmod

2002-09-25 Thread Raffaele Sandrini
Hi On normal homedirs the owner of the files is the owner of the homedir. That means he/she can alter the file permissions in the files he/she ownes (with chmod) I tested the following: As a normal user i crated a file in my homedir. % touch test I changed it to a exec file. % chmod 700 test N