On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 01:47:14AM +0100, Carel Fellinger wrote: | On Mon, Jan 10, 2000 at 04:04:14AM -0500, D-Man wrote: | > On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 11:27:38AM -0800, Xucaen wrote: | > | would writing scripts in a compiled language like | > | C be a solution? | > | | > | > If any binary files can be exec as suid, then I would recommend | > python. It will have more of the feel of a script with its high level | > view of things. | > | > Python programs can be byte-compiled to .pyo files. It may be an | > option to have the .pyo file suid while hiding the .py source itself. | | .pyo files aren't executable:(, you'll have to feed them to python, | so the suid bits are meaningless. |
I recall seeing somewhere that with the new interpreter, .pyo files can be executed (by the interpreter, but by calling the file not the interpreter). Maybe not. I wish I could remember where I saw that. -D
