Well that would make sense then. So ... I guess my next thought is if I write a c program to run that script, or atleast grab my data. What files honor the setuid bit ? -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Markku Kolkka Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 10:54 AM To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: setuid question Steven J Lamb kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika torstai, 18. toukokuuta 2006 18:34): > I have written a script which I have set with the permissions > of 4755 whose owner is root and group is root. The setuid bit is ignored for shell scripts. -- Markku Kolkka markku.kolkka@xxxxxx -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.6.0/342 - Release Date: 5/17/2006