Re: How do I add users using Python scripts on a Linux machine
by Sebastian 'lunar' Wiesner other posts by this author
Jan 3 2007 4:05AM messages near this date
Re: How do I add users using Python scripts on a Linux machine
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Re: How do I add users using Python scripts on a Linux machine
Piet van Oostrum <piet@[...].nl> typed
> >>>>> Sebastian 'lunar' Wiesner <basti.wiesner@[...].net> (SW) wrote:
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> >SW> Linux seems to ignore SUID bit on scripts:
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> The reason is that obeying SUID bits on scripts would be a security
> risk.
I don't see a problem with SUID on scripts. If you restrict write access
to the owner, modification is hardly possible.
However, if you allow world-wide write access to your binaries and
scripts, both can easily be modified...
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