[rt-devel] Can't do setuid

[Alex Pilosov]

Yes, on some [many?] systems sperl isn't setuid because of _numerous_
problems discovered with 5.005 suidperl (local root exploits). 

Should be a FAQ for RT, I guess.

-alex 

On Tue, 8 May 2001, Alex Krohn wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> >  > [alex at alex alex]$ ./test.pl
> >  > Can't do setuid
> > 
> > I ran into the same problem with a FreeBSD 4.3-RELEASE install.  It turned
> > out that for some reason sperl (the suid root perl) wasn't suid.  :-)
> > After I fixed that, it worked fine.  Dunno if this is a bug or a feature.
> 
> Thanks! Figured it out. For anyone else who hits this:
> 
> When you run a setuid perl script, perl will rerun the script using
> sperl. Seems by default Mandrake installations ship sperl with no
> permissions. Just look for sperl5.xxxx and make sure the permissions on
> it are set properly and are suid.
> 
> Seems to be the default for a number of systems, might be worth
> mentioning in the readme.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Alex
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Rt-devel mailing list
> Rt-devel at lists.fsck.com
> http://lists.fsck.com/mailman/listinfo/rt-devel
> 
>