What does the s-flag do in the kde programs listed below? (When I attempt to run klickety or kmines, I get
/usr/local/bin}klickety The KDE libraries are not designed to run with suid privileges. /usr/local/bin} -rwsr-xr-x 1 root bin 11044 Sep 2 16:41 kcheckpass -rwxr-sr-x 1 root nogroup 44228 Sep 2 16:41 kdesud -rwxr-sr-x 1 root bin 362180 Sep 4 05:40 kfouleggs -rwxr-sr-x 1 root bin 147716 Sep 4 05:40 klickety -rwxr-sr-x 1 root bin 240228 Sep 4 05:40 kmines -rwsr-xr-x 1 root bin 5540 Sep 2 15:17 kpac_dhcp_helper -rwsr-xr-x 1 root bin 514468 Sep 4 08:15 kppp -rwxr-sr-x 1 root bin 359300 Sep 4 05:40 ksirtet Also, I found a bunch of programs owned by 276 with group wsrc: /usr/local/bin}ls -l * |grep 276 -r-xr-xr-x 1 276 wsrc 6212 Sep 2 11:51 db4_archive -r-xr-xr-x 1 276 wsrc 10724 Sep 2 11:51 db4_checkpoint -r-xr-xr-x 1 276 wsrc 10532 Sep 2 11:51 db4_deadlock -r-xr-xr-x 1 276 wsrc 11076 Sep 2 11:51 db4_dump -r-xr-xr-x 1 276 wsrc 5924 Sep 2 11:51 db4_dump185 -r-xr-xr-x 1 276 wsrc 20196 Sep 2 11:51 db4_load -r-xr-xr-x 1 276 wsrc 10564 Sep 2 11:51 db4_printlog -r-xr-xr-x 1 276 wsrc 10468 Sep 2 11:51 db4_recover -r-xr-xr-x 1 276 wsrc 27652 Sep 2 11:51 db4_stat -r-xr-xr-x 1 276 wsrc 6276 Sep 2 11:51 db4_upgrade -r-xr-xr-x 1 276 wsrc 10532 Sep 2 11:51 db4_verify Should the 276:wsrc be changed to root:bin? Thanks, Dave Feustel -- Lose, v., experience a loss, get rid of, "lose the weight" Loose, adj., not tight, let go, free, "loose clothing"
