On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 06:12:38PM -0700, David Nusinow wrote:
> On Monday 11 June 2001 11:06 am, Stephen Rueger wrote:
> >
> > Use it as "root" or make it SUID, that's all.
>
> One thing I've never understood about SUID, how does it know which UID
> to set? Does it just automatically set to root's ID, or do you have to
> specify it somewhere?
>
> All you do to make something SUID is chmod +s file, right?
Actually there are three possibilites:
chmod u+s # suid's owner only
chmod g+s # suid's group only
chmod +s # suid's both owner and group
> Thanks for filling in a few blanks!
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