From: Kumar, Praveen (cahoot) (Praveen.Kumar@CAHOOT.COM)
Date: Thu Feb 26 2004 - 07:15:52 EST
Hi ,
Sorry to tell this late...actually the requirement is not to run a
script owned by root, but a non root user say user1 owns a script,which
another non root user say user2 want execute with out having read permission
for user2, as user1 stores some passwords in this script.
TIA
Praveen.K
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Booth - CITES [mailto:booth@UIUC.EDU]
Sent: 25 February 2004 21:24
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
Subject: Re: Script-Permission
agreed!
sudo is a good option, and you should also make sure that the script you
propose *really* needs to be run as root. These types of scripts/wrappers
are
almost always targets of hackers with a binary editor.
bob
On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 03:11:13PM -0600, John Jolet wrote:
> as the comments say....be very careful with this sort of mechanism. make
sure
> you've exhausted your other options...have you tried sudo?
>
> On Wednesday 25 February 2004 02:52 pm, you wrote:
> > Here is an example of a setuid C program wrapper:
> >
> > /*
> > C program wrapper so that scripts can be run suid root.
> > !!!USE at your own risk!!!
> > */
> >
> > #include <pwd.h>
> > #include <sys/resource.h>
> >
> > main(argc, argv) int argc; char *argv[]; {
> > struct passwd *pw = getpwnam("root");
> > setpriority(PRIO_PROCESS, 0, -20);
> > setuid(pw->pw_uid);
> > execv("fullpath and name of your script here", argv);
> > }
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 02:35:20PM -0600, John Jolet wrote:
> > > if they can't read the script, how can the bash shell interpret it?
the
> > > only way to do this is with a setuid wrapper program. aix disallows
> > > setuid shell scripts, so you'll most likely have to write it in c or
> > > something.
> > >
> > > On Wednesday 25 February 2004 02:16 pm, you wrote:
> > > > Hi *,
> > > > I have a script which has a password stored in it, and i
> > > > want some of the identified users to be able to execute this script,
> > > > The user is unable to execute after setting the execute bit on the
> > > > script, but once i give read permission also to that user, he is
able
> > > > to do execute. pl let me know is there any way where i can allow the
> > > > other user to execute but still disable him to read the script.
> > > >
> > > > TIA
> > > > Praveen.K
> > > >
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