From kde-devel Fri Mar 30 15:58:47 2001 From: Michael Jarrett Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 15:58:47 +0000 To: kde-devel Subject: Re: Question about method for running w/root X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-devel&m=98598504624147 "Michael P. Jarreau" wrote: > Would suid do the trick? Set the program to be owned by root with > read/execute access by everyone. Then use suid (man suid, I think) to mark > the program as suid (using that program--suid) and whenever the program ran, > the OS would assume it was root. However, beware that this potentially > exposes your system to all sorts of security issues, you would need to speak > with a security expert to consider those. You can't suid a kdelibs-based application. It'll die automatically. -- Michael Jarrett michaelj@corel.com -- The address in the headers is not the poster's real email address. Do not send private mail to the poster using your mailer's "reply" feature. CC's of mail to mailing lists are OK. Problem reports to "postmaster@umail.corel.com". The poster's email address is "michaelj@corel.com". >> Visit http://master.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-devel#unsub to unsubscribe <<