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by **Kurt J Lan** » Fri, 26 Jul 1996 04:00:00

>Hi net,
> Recently I read an article, talking about suid'ing a common
>command to allow root access with regular accounts. Such as
>---s--x--x 1 root staff 32768 Sep 20 1995 /bin/mail*
>Can anyone tell me how to do it? ( via /bin/mail or any other set-uid
>programs).

Man chmod. Only the owner (or root) of a file can change its
mode. In the above, only root can change mail to set-uid.
It's a security thang. Hope this helps.
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by **Ray A. Jon** » Fri, 26 Jul 1996 04:00:00

: Hi net,
: Recently I read an article, talking about suid'ing a common
: command to allow root access with regular accounts. Such as

: ---s--x--x 1 root staff 32768 Sep 20 1995 /bin/mail*

: Can anyone tell me how to do it? ( via /bin/mail or any other set-uid
: programs).

: Thanks and please e-mail me.

: scott
: .

See
man chmod

chmod +s /bin/mail
chmod 4111 /bin/mail

1. you must be root
2. won't work on shell scripts.

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by **unkno** » Fri, 26 Jul 1996 04:00:00

Hi net,
Recently I read an article, talking about suid'ing a common
command to allow root access with regular accounts. Such as

---s--x--x 1 root staff 32768 Sep 20 1995 /bin/mail*

Can anyone tell me how to do it? ( via /bin/mail or any other set-uid
programs).

Thanks and please e-mail me.

scott
.

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