Hello Srihari! On Sunday July 4 2010 20:17:12 Srihari k wrote: > I did #chmod +s settime.py so that SUID bit be set and all users can > execute the script and set the system time. > now the permissions of file are: > -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 165 2010-07-04 23:16 settime.py > > > The script still works as before .. > date: cannot set date: Operation not permitted > Sun Jul 4 23:37:37 IST 2010
I think this is a security feature of the operating system: SUID root is ignored for scripts. Only compiled programs can (IMHO) be SUID root. I didn't know that this is true for Python, but Bash scripts can definitely not be SUID root. Eike. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
