Within suidperl, I can do:
 system("/bin/touch /test");
but
 system("/bin/echo testing > /test");
fails with error: sh /test: Permission denied
I have the script suid 4754 with owner root.
/ is owned by root.root with perms 755.
Adding the line system("/usr/bin/id") confirms that I indeed am euid=0(root) with my normal uid/gid.

I don't understand why suidperl allows me to create (i.e. touch) a file by doesn't allow me to write to it by standard shell redirection.

Note, what I'm really trying to do is the following -- write the output of a command that I need to run suid root to a compressed file in a directory owned by root, but I simplified the code above to isolate the problem. Here is a snippet of the code I am trying to use (where nothing is tainted)
open STDOUT, "| /bin/gzip >| /logfile.gz";
system("my command", "arg1", "arg2")

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I can get it to work if I do the 'gzip' within a system command rather than as part of the pipe but then I need an intermediate file and 2 system calls. 
open STDOUT, "/logfile";
system("my command", "arg1", "arg2")
system("gzip","-f","/logfile");

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Is there any way to code what I want without that problem? (note that for added security, I am trying to not use the shell as part of the 'system' command)

In reply to Shell redirection failing within system for suidperl by puterboy

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