Re: [PLUG] unix cp function call (thanks)

[gabriel rosenkoetter <gr@eclipsed.net>]

On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 11:25:45AM -0400, Bill Jonas wrote:
> Point is they effectively do.  Look at the permissions.

Having the suid bit sit is DRASTICALLY different than being "always
run by root". The whole point of the suid bit is that little pieces
of what a given program does need to be done as root but that the
vast majority of it need not be and, thus, isn't.

(The point of the suid bit is NOT to give root privilege selectively
to users, though it's often used that way by bonehead admins.)

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gabriel rosenkoetter
gr@eclipsed.net

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