On Mon, 14 Apr 2003 09:34:44 +0200, Frank Barknecht wrote / a écrit: > Hallo, > Guy Clotilde hat gesagt: // Guy Clotilde wrote: Thanks for responding so quickly. I understand better this setuid thing. > > Does any program 'setuid root' really run with roots provileges? > > Effectivly yes, at least at the start. But as I said, most programs > stop being root on their own with something like the > setuid-C-function, see "man 2 setuid". May I beg a last question: does it means that a setuid prog can delete important files? By example, if I setuid root a file manager (xftree), will it be able to delete any files ? Don't worry, I won't do it, just to understand. ----------------------------------------------- #ICQ 37736372 #219055 http://counter.li.org ----------------------------------------------- http://perso.wanadoo.fr/guy.clotilde/index.html -----------------------------------------------
