There is no way that I have been able to find to definatetly
tell which script on the system is being run... no official
way to tell /usr/bin/cat from /home/ant/cat...
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That is why I was thinking of a set-UID script/program that does nothing but get the secured password, run your script, and pass the password to it over a pipe.
You aren't going to get security without set-UID as that is really the only way to stop the current user from being able to do exactly what you do in order to find the password.
But you can isolate the set-UID to just a separate script/program that does nothing but what I outlined and is very careful including removing any privileges before it runs the specified script (which is specified in the same secured location as the DBI password).
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tye
(but my friends call me "Tye")
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Yes, that's about what I've concluded from this thread...
I had thought of that as a possible option...
basically write a C wrapper that calls setuid in the middle
does its important stuff like opening a file, then drops
back to normal mode and runs a system call, passing the data
through a pipe seems proper, though I'm not sure how to do
that, I'm sure I can figured it out with enough headbanging,
(C was the main language in school, but I don't use it much anymore :)
anymore).
- Ant
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