setting SUID for scripts

[russell at CCU1.AUKUNI.AC.NZ]

 > 
 > I am trying to set the SUID on a shell script.
 > It appears beeing set with the ls command, but has no effect.
 > Is it the case on this system that one can only SUID on programs,and not
 > on scripts???
 > 
What release of Irix are you running? I beleive that SGI have done something
that affects suid on shell scripts at 3.3. This is because it is a known
loophole in unix security. At 3.3 I think that it is a kernal option and that
it will be removed altogether at V.4. 

I remember this from reading the 3.3 release notes. (We don't have 3.3 yet.)

Could somebody from SGI confirm?

Cheers, Russell.
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