1. Programming

Hi all I'm getting file info through stat( char *filename, struct stat *buf) Taking all the file attributes to buf->st_mode, How can i check the suid bit in there, if suid bit mask is 0004000?? Thank you all (1 Reply)

2. Cybersecurity

Hi all, Where can i find list of suid and gid files common for the system, let's say RedHat 7.1? Thank you all Regards :D (1 Reply)

3. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Hi Senario: I have previleges to edit a file F but User B does not have sufficient privs to edit it. In order for B to edit it I tried an indirect way. I created a script to edit F and SUID this script so that B can execute it with the privs of me. But this is not working . can some one help... (3 Replies)

4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I'm writing this command/script to allow students to vi a private file of mine in a private directory of mine. chmod 700 dir chmod 660 file however since i own the directory and file; the script has to be ran by me so to speak, im just not sure how to set about doing this. the script is... (5 Replies)

5. AIX

Hello, I'm running AIX 6.1 box. I tried to use suid on binary file but it doesn't work. (I set suid on /usr/bin/sleep and tried to run it as user1(sleep owner is bin) - and program still runs as user1. It shoud run as bin isn't it ? - This test run as expected on Linux box) Filesystem is... (3 Replies)

6. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Hi, I am setting up SUID permissions on a binary. It gets set for most of the users, however, 1 in 10 users is unable to set these. For those who works: > chmod 6555 Test > ls -l Test -r-sr-sr-x 1 A B 5524 Nov 15 14:53 Test For those where it doesn't work: > chmod 6555 Test... (14 Replies)

7. Cybersecurity

Hello My system is Debian-503-amd64. After I installed the "lpr" package, I found that some files with SUID bit come from this package. As: ls -l /usr/bin/lp* .... -rwsr-sr-x 1 root lp 31800 2008-05-20 /usr/bin/lpq -rwsr-sr-x 1 root lp 28504 2008-05-20 /usr/bin/lpr -rwsr-sr-x 1... (1 Reply)

8. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Hello all, I have a file system with permissions: drwxrwsr-x 49 pwcenter pwce1 4096 01 May 17:00 InFiles Can someone explain the real significance of the 's' setting for group users please? Cheers (3 Replies)

9. AIX

Dear all experts in this forum, I have faced a audit issue as auditor told that we should not have SUID on /bin/su. As I have checked using Google, I found most of the site only telling that /bin/su should have the permission bit as -rwsr-xr-x but never explain why /bin/su need this permission... (4 Replies)

10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hey guys, Suppose i run passwd via bash shell. It is a suid program, which temporarily runs as root(owner) and modifies the user entries. However, when i write a C file and give 4755 permission and root ownership to the 'a.out' file , it doesn't run as root in bash shell. I verified this by... (2 Replies)