Hallo, Guy Clotilde hat gesagt: // Guy Clotilde wrote: > 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. Yes, it will be able to delete any file. Setuid software bypasses the user-id based authentification schemes in Linux. It should only be used, where another solution is not possible (like in passwd or in realtime scheduling). ciao -- Frank Barknecht _ ______footils.org__
