Hi, On Thu, Dec 10, 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).

TIA

Maurizio -o) Hubert Mantel Goodbye, dots... /\\ _\_v

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