On Tue, Jun 22 at 08:41AM +0800, John Summerfield wrote: > Will Trillich wrote: > >TASK: allow USER1 to run a program AS USER2. > >SOLUTION: setuid bit (in theory, right?) > >PROBLEM: theory not matching execution... > > > >we've got a little C program that must be RUN AS a certain user > >(cyrus) BY another user (www-data) so we figured turning on the > >SETUID bit would work: > > Why would you not use sudo?
because the gears were not engaged, that's why. works like a charm! many thanks for the nudge. so, the problem is solved, but the setuid mystery remains... -- I use Debian/GNU Linux version 3.0; Linux boss 2.4.18-bf2.4 #1 Son Apr 14 09:53:28 CEST 2002 i586 unknown DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #48 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : To peruse your CURRENT VIM SETTINGS (there's LOTS of them) from within Vim, simply do :options You can change them there, on-the-fly, as well. Type "ctrl-W ctrl-W" to switch "panes" or "ctrl-W q" to close one. Try ":help" to learn more. Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]