Re: Sudo from scripts

[Jerry Feldman <gaf@xxxxxxx>]

On 11/18/2008 11:25 AM, Gordon Messmer wrote:
> Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > > In any case, the owner of the script is only security-relevant in two
> > > cases: 1) if it allows someone to edit the script who normally 
> > > couldn't,
> > > or 2) if the script is setuid. Of course it could also change who can
> > > *execute* the script, but if it's not setuid they'll be doing it as
> > > themselves, not as the owner.
> > Does setuid work on scrips? I know it did not in the past, but I
> > have not checked to see if that has changed.
>
> No, it doesn't, and it never will.  Making "root" a script's owner is 
> not a "security issue".
I don't know if it ever did on Linux, but at one time you could have 
setuid and setgid on scripts. I've never investigated that since because 
it is a bad thing to do..

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