[clue-tech] suid

[Keith Hellman]

On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 10:42:31PM -0700, David L. Anselmi wrote:
> Keith Hellman wrote:
>> I would consider a bash script that looks at $(basename ${0}) to
>> determine which of A, B, and C should be done.
>>
>> Then make the appropriate symlinks.
>>
>> Then configure sudo appropriately for password-less access to the A and
>> C script.
>
> That might work, unlike a suid shell script.  But in the end doesn't it  
> wind up being the same thing?

I don't think Linux allows suid scripts, and the sudo route might provide
easier ACL management in the future.

Again, just my 2c.

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