Re^6: perl file status and sudo

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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
I think he means situations where he is denied read access to a directory: `$ echo $EUID 1000 $ ls -ld /var/log/apache2 drwxr-x--- 2 root adm 12288 Mar 18 06:25 /var/log/apache2 $ ls -l /var/log/apache2 ls: cannot open directory /var/log/apache2: Permission denied $ perl -E 'say ((-e q-/var/log/apache2/access.log-) ? "exists" : "not +exists: $!")' not exists: Permission denied # echo $EUID 0 # perl -E 'say ((-e q-/var/log/apache2/access.log-) ? "exists" : "not +exists: $!")' exists` [download] He probably just should examine `$!`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^9: perl file status and sudo by JavaFan (Canon) on Mar 22, 2012 at 22:20 UTC
I cannot think of a situation where you have "read access to anything", but don't have read access to a directory. Anyway, if he needs read access to a directory, ACLs can be used. As I pointed out in my first reply.	[reply]
Re^10: perl file status and sudo by aaron_baugher (Curate) on Mar 23, 2012 at 01:56 UTC
Re^11: perl file status and sudo by JavaFan (Canon) on Mar 23, 2012 at 08:44 UTC