1. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

I have a binary. It is having the following permissions rws rws rwx mqm:mqm runmqtrm The same program on another machine is rws rws rwx root: mqm runmqtrm This program is a setuid program. This is what my understanding is. Whatever user the program is started under, it will finally be... (0 Replies)

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Hi friends , how do i view a dynamically linked file in unix ? its there on other system and do i have to ftp it in ASCII format or binary ? and after the ftp how do i view it ? thanks in advance veeras (1 Reply)

3. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

Hi friends, i have a dynamically linked file on my solaris system.this is script that runs regularly. How can i read the contents of that ? when i tried to say "vi filename " then it says executable and nothing is seen. Please help. thanks in advance Veera (5 Replies)

4. Programming

how to get the list of all dynamically loaded libraries in memory ?thanks! (3 Replies)

5. HP-UX

hi i have written small script which will login 2 two different users with su but if we run from normal user it prompts for password so i chnaged the owner of script to root and added setuid bit with chmod u+s <script_name> but when i run the script i get following message Warning:... (3 Replies)

6. SCO

How do i get the list of linked libraries in a built binaries on SCO UNIX. I appreciate your help (1 Reply)

7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Can anyone explain me difference between setuid and sticky bit? and also between setuid and chown? (3 Replies)

8. Linux

Dear all, I am newbie with linux, i dont understand any code. I have googled a long time. Please help me explain about setuid bit on linux (Centos 6) Here: 1/ I chmod u+s for /sbin/iptables but normal user still cannot perform command (ex: /sbin/iptables -L) 2/Someone says : setuid only... (6 Replies)

9. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers

So I have a file called queens.cc and I need to do the following: Compile and make a .o file while specifying that the compiler is to search /student/214/include for system include files. Use g++, link and load .o file to make a dynamically linked executable file called queens and to also... (1 Reply)

10. UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers

Just learning about the privilege escalation method provided by setuid. Correct me if I am wrong but what it does is change the uid of the current process to whatever uid I set. Right ? So what stops me from writing my own C program and calling setuid(0) within it and gaining root privileges ? ... (2 Replies)