sux, an enhancer for su

[Steve Peltz]

In article <1991Apr25.174534.13912 at ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> I wrote:
(regarding a program that calls su)
>su on our system requires the real uid to be root to avoid being asked for
>a password, so your program won't work.

Oops, I read the comments and not the actual call; I see it uses setuid,
although the comments refer to only setting the effective uid.

As to any objections on setuid sh scripts: well, yah, ok, nevermind.
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Steve Peltz
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