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Top Forums UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users Setting permissions for shell scripts Post 302576163 by jayadrath on Thursday 24th of November 2011 12:40:34 AM
Old 11-24-2011
Setting permissions for shell scripts
Hi,
I have written a shell script which calls a java program which reads properties from a configuration file and writes to a log file for each session.However the customer wants that the user should not be able to open/edit the configuration file or the log files meaning they should not have any rights on the files.
I tried setting the user id of the shell script giving the user permission to run the script as root so that the owner of the script,configuration file and log file directory is root,and the user will not normally be able to access the said files.However it seems that setuid is not working as it still shows that permission is denied to access the files.However when I set uid on the java executable I was able to run the script without any problems.However that opens another security issue as the java executable can be used by anyone to run any java code compromising the security further.I am working on a Sun Solaris box(namely OSS-RC).
I am in a fix.It would be great if you were able to help me out in this.
 

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jsymphonic

JSYMPHONIC(1)						      General Commands Manual						     JSYMPHONIC(1)

NAME

       jsymphonic - File manager for Sony's MP3 players

SYNOPSIS

       jsymphonic

DESCRIPTION

       jsymphonic manages files stored on a Sony MP3 player plugged onto the computer.

       Important note: The MP3 player should be mounted first !  You might want to use pmount(1) to mount it without needing root privileges.

       The  first  time  it is run, jsymphonic will ask you in which directory the MP3 player is mounted. This directory should not change, or you
       will need to configure it again.  If jsymphonic complains that it cannot find the OMGAUDIO folder, it means that either the music player is
       not mounted, either the path of the player has not been set yet. If that is the case, set it using the JSymphonic/Properties menu item.

JAVA-WRAPPERS NOTE
       This  program  is a shell script wrapper based on java-wrappers(7).  You therefore benefit from several features; please see the java-wrap-
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SEE ALSO

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AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Vincent Fourmond <fourmond@debian.org> from the Debian project, but may be used by others.

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