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- From: probreak@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (James Michael Chacon)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Setuid?
- Date: 21 Jul 1992 23:53:56 -0500
- Organization: Kansas State University
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- Message-ID: <14ipl4INNsme@matt.ksu.ksu.edu>
- References: <145atsINN8pc@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> <920719904@myamig2.myamiga.mixcom.com>
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- smp@myamig2.myamiga.mixcom.com (Steve Palm) writes:
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- >probreak@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (James Michael Chacon) writes:
- >:
- >: > What's 'setuid' and what does it do?
- >:
- >: The setuid bit is done by doing a chmod 6xxx (where x are your normal values)
- >: on the files involved. The setuid bit will allow the program to run under
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- > Wouldn't a setuid be a chmod 4xxx? I thought 6xxx was setuid/setgid.
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- >Steven M. Palm
- >smp@myamiga.mixcom.com or smp@myamig2.myamiga.mixcom.com (LINUX SITE)
- >Milwaukee, WI
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- I know, my mistake. After I posted the message I realized the mistake, but
- since it wasn't going to damage anything I didn't kill it.
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