On Fri, 2006-01-06 at 07:52, Chasecreek Systemhouse wrote: > On 1/6/06, Ben Stringer <ben@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > cp -p /usr/bin/autoconf /tmp/scratch > > cat /bin/chmod > /tmp/scratch > > cp -p /tmp/scratch /bin/chmod > > > > You could also write a quick bit of C code to call the chmod system > > call. See "man 2 chmod". > > Yes, this is what I was wondering. Something that would work on the > Linux box without needing to mount a thumb key, etc. > > That method would work for setuid and setgid files as well. This > allows me to have the students fix it themselves next time. Or use perl. perldoc -f chmod for instructions. (But students that have root access should know this...) -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
