On Sat, Jun 03, 2006 at 10:03:27AM -0400, Michael Stone wrote: > >$ /bin/chmod u=rwxs,go=rx /usr/bin/netselect > >$ ls -la /usr/bin/netselect > >-rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 11984 2006-05-13 01:14 /usr/bin/netselect > >$ /bin/chown root:root /usr/bin/netselect > >-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 11984 2006-05-13 01:14 /usr/bin/netselect > > The chown should always be first, or you could be setting the binary > suid to the wrong user. At any rate, changing the owner of a setuid file > causes the kernel to clear the suid bit as a security measure.
thanks for the quick explanation! Indeed it makes sense but I never noticed the behaviour before (i.e. it was working as I expected) filippo -- Filippo Giunchedi - http://esaurito.net PGP key: 0x6B79D401 random quote follows: To be learned in an art&C, the Theory is sufficient; to be a master of it, both the Theory and practice are requisite. -- Charles Hutton
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