[H-GEN] Script for Arson?

[Paul Gearon]

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On Thu, 24 Apr 2003 ben.carlyle at invensys.com wrote:

> Many unices don't permit scripts to use the setuid bit. I believe linux is
> one of them.

Yup, you're right.  I just assumed this would work as I've always used
sudo.

I suppose setuid on a script is a bad idea, as all it needs to do is call
a single program that's not properly protected and someone will have full
access to the system.

Regards,
Paul Gearon

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