Re: setuid

[Bruce Richardson]

On 10 Dec, Steve Lee wrote:
> 
> what does it mean to run something setuid
> 

It means that the program will be run with the User ID of it's owner. 
This is mostly done to allow standard users to do things that require
root privileges.

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Bruce


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