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Re: Not setuid in new Linux kernel

by dakkar (Hermit)
on Dec 13, 2002 at 19:37 UTC ( [id://219715]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Not setuid in new Linux kernel

setuid scripts have a long history of security problems... see perlsec.

Since you are talking about CGI, you might want to look into suEXEC (browse your Apache docs). It allows you to execute your scripts as any user.

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