[clue-tech] Using SUID to downgrade root's access

[Angelo Bertolli]

Chris Tubutis wrote:

>>From http://www.samag.com/documents/s=1149/sam0106a/0106a.htm
>
>Even after all our work, it is nearly impossible to create safe SUID
>shell scripts. (It is impossible on most systems.) Because of these
>problems, some systems (e.g., Linux) won't honor SUID on shell scripts
>  
>
Ah, well this will explain the shell script thing.  I'll have to SUID 
the executable.  By the way, I am not setting SUID on a root-owned 
file.  I'm trying to set SUID to 'nobody' so even if root runs it, it 
will be downgraded to 'nobody'