I have a C wrapper script that's setuid root that calls a perl script I need to allow several users to run this script as setuid root. Within the perl script I receive this error.

Insecure Dependency in `` while running with -T switch at /opt/bin/reset_primehours.line 50

Which is a system grep command to this path directory /var/admin/bin" line 50 <STDIN> chunk 1.

I am basically greping a user out of this file.

I can't go any farther in the perl script after the Insecure Dependency message pops up. I tried it without the -T switch set and it basically comes up with the same error message.

Any work around or solution. Heres the code it stops on:

$is_user_there = `grep ^$username= /var/admin/bin/primemaster_tmp`;

Edited my mirod: added tags

In reply to Insecure Dependency Message by wheakory

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