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- From: lael@triton.unm.edu (Lael)
- Subject: Re: sux, an enhancer for su
- Message-ID: <1991Apr26.061315.5551@ariel.unm.edu>
- Date: Fri, 26 Apr 91 06:13:15 GMT
-
- In article <1991Apr25.174534.13912@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> peltz@cerl.uiuc.edu (Steve Peltz) writes:
- >In article <462@frcs.UUCP> paul@frcs.UUCP (Paul Nash) writes:
- >>I recently hacked up a fairly trivial enhancer for `su', that allows
- >>members of group `wheel' to su at will _without_ needing the root
- >>password.
- >
- >su on our system requires the real uid to be root to avoid being asked for
- >a password, so your program won't work. However, in those cases where it
- >WILL work, wouldn't the following one-line shell script do just as well?
- >Maybe there's a reason; maybe the "groups" command is Sun specific or
- >something...
- >
- >Don't forget to change it to be owned by root and setuid and executable...
- (rest of post deleted)
-
- If you do this, you are making a big mistake, and opening up a root-sized
- security hole. Probably not a very good idea. (never never never EVER
- EVER make a shell script setuid anyone, especially root)
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