14 Apr
2003
14 Apr
'03
10:11 a.m.
On Mon, 14 Apr 2003 09:34:44 +0200, Frank Barknecht wrote / a écrit:
May I beg a last question: does it means that a setuid prog can delete important files? By
example, if I setuid root a file manager (xftree), will it be able to delete any files ?
Don't worry, I won't do it, just to understand.
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Hallo,
Guy Clotilde hat gesagt: // Guy Clotilde wrote:
Thanks for responding so quickly. I understand better this setuid thing.
Does any
program 'setuid root' really run with roots provileges?
Effectivly yes, at least at the start. But as I said, most programs
stop being root on their own with something like the
setuid-C-function, see "man 2 setuid".