Re: How to enable setuid scripts in Linux?

On 28 Jun 2006, in the Usenet newsgroup comp.os.linux.setup, in article
<Xns97EFB827EFCB0chucknilcar@xxxxxxxxxxx>, chuckcar wrote:

bianying@xxxxxxxxx wrote

I am having trouble to port some scripts (written in ksh) from Solaris
to Linux, because Linux
disables setuid scripts on purpose

I guess you missed that part of the sentence.

You generally turn the group/user execute bit on along with chowning it
to that user/group.

which is great, but why don't you try that on a script. As the O/P
noted, the Linux kernel ignores SUID and SGID scripts.

If you don't know what chown and chmod are, then you are in over your
head and need to read the manual pages for both.

You may also need to do some reading, or at least try what you suggest
before posting it.

Old guy
.

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