Re^4: perl file status and sudo

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Re^5: perl file status and sudo by JavaFan (Canon) on Mar 22, 2012 at 14:04 UTC
What isn't possible in sudo?	[reply]
Re^6: perl file status and sudo by Saved (Beadle) on Mar 22, 2012 at 14:10 UTC
Giving perl -e $FILE or -f $FILE the ability to return the correct status of files that I, as a standard user do not have access to. As Security, I am allowed to see anything, but change nothing, and so as my standard user, am told files do not exist that really do.	[reply]
Re^7: perl file status and sudo by JavaFan (Canon) on Mar 22, 2012 at 15:49 UTC
sudo is used to give people the right to run a specific command as a different user -- it doesn't control the rights inside some other program. (Given that you're in "security", I would assume you knew this). As Security, I am allowed to see anything, but change nothing If you're allowed to "see anything", why do you think you need special permission to see if a file exists? Do you know what "anything" means? Perhaps you use a different meaning that the rest of the world? and so as my standard user, am told files do not exist that really do. Are you sure noone is trying to pull you a leg? "Files that do not exist that really do" sound like a prank -- like what they try to pull on newbies in a woodshop: sending them on an errand to get a square hole drill.	[reply]
Re^8: perl file status and sudo by Anonymous Monk on Mar 22, 2012 at 21:07 UTC
Re^9: perl file status and sudo by JavaFan (Canon) on Mar 22, 2012 at 22:20 UTC
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