Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (1983 mails)

[k01164@xxxxxxxxx (Ole Kofoed Hansen)]

On Fri, 11 Dec 1998, alexm wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, 10 Dec 1998, root wrote:
> > I set up a script which basically do the following:
> > #! /bin/bash
> > cp  /secret_dir/file_secret     /public_dir/file_not_secret
> > # end of the script
> > 
> > In this way a user with no privileges can have the file_secret copied in his
> > directory (I know it sound strange but it's exactly what I want). 
> > How can I convince bash to have the proper right to access secret_dir and do
> > what I want? I thought that setting suid bit would have worked but bash inherit
> > the rights of the user who execute the program (i.e. the user with no
> > privileges which in my case are not enough).
> 
> you can set suid on cp ;-)

Don't even say this for fun! :-) 
Someone might actually do it.

Ole

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