From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 485de98a for ; Sun, 4 Aug 2019 07:37:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 5AE2F9BAEF; Sun, 4 Aug 2019 17:37:13 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 670709B84E; Sun, 4 Aug 2019 17:36:54 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 71CBD9B84E; Sun, 4 Aug 2019 17:36:51 +1000 (AEST) Received: from viclamta08p.bpe.bigpond.com (viclamta08p.bpe.bigpond.com [203.38.21.72]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 30E42948F2 for ; Sun, 4 Aug 2019 17:36:49 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp.telstra.com ([10.10.26.4]) by viclafep08p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au with ESMTP id <20190804073647.JKKG32343.viclafep08p-svc.bpe.nexus.telstra.com.au@smtp.telstra.com> for ; Sun, 4 Aug 2019 17:36:47 +1000 X-RG-Spam: Unknown X-RazorGate-Vade: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduvddruddtgedgvdeiucetufdoteggodetrfdotffvucfrrhhofhhilhgvmecuuffpveftpgfvgffnuffvtfetpdfqfgfvnecuuegrihhlohhuthemuceftddtnecunecujfgurhepfffhvffukfgfgggtsehttddttddtredvnecuhfhrohhmpeffrghvvgcujfhorhhsfhgrlhhluceouggrvhgvsehhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrgheqnecukfhppeduuddtrddugedurdduleefrddvfeefnecurfgrrhgrmhephhgvlhhopegrnhgvuhhrihhnrdhhohhrshhfrghllhdrohhrghdpihhnvghtpeduuddtrddugedurdduleefrddvfeefpdhmrghilhhfrhhomhepoegurghvvgeshhhorhhsfhgrlhhlrdhorhhgqedprhgtphhtthhopeeothhuhhhssehtuhhhshdrohhrgheqnecuvehluhhsthgvrhfuihiivgeptd X-RazorGate-Vade-Verdict: clean 0 X-RazorGate-Vade-Classification: clean X-RG-VS-CLASS: clean Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (110.141.193.233) by smtp.telstra.com (5.8.335) id 5D2D1AE60372006A for tuhs@tuhs.org; Sun, 4 Aug 2019 17:36:47 +1000 Received: from aneurin.horsfall.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id x747akPe059503 for ; Sun, 4 Aug 2019 17:36:46 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) Received: from localhost (dave@localhost) by aneurin.horsfall.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) with ESMTP id x747aj7N059500 for ; Sun, 4 Aug 2019 17:36:46 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from dave@horsfall.org) X-Authentication-Warning: aneurin.horsfall.org: dave owned process doing -bs Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2019 17:36:44 +1000 (EST) From: Dave Horsfall To: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 2.21.9999 (BSF 287 2018-06-16) X-GPG-Public-Key: http://www.horsfall.org/gpgkey.pub X-GPG-Fingerprint: 05B4 FFBC 0218 B438 66E0 587B EF46 7357 EF5E F58B X-Home-Page: http://www.horsfall.org/ X-Witty-Saying: "chmod 666 the_mode_of_the_beast" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=US-ASCII Subject: [TUHS] Set-uid shell scripts X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" Is it just me, or did someone actually implement set-uid scripts? I've proposed some silly things over the decades (my favourite is stty() working on things other than terminals, and guess what, we got ioctl() etc) but I have a vague recollection of this... The trouble is, I've worked with dozens of Unix-based vendors over the years (some good, some not so much) and so I've lost track of all the stupidity that I've seen. ObAnecdote: Just about every Unix vendor went belly-up shortly after I left them (under various circumstances), because the waste-of-space middle managers simply did not appreciate the importance of having a Unix guru on board if you're in the game of selling Unix boxen. I'd happily name them, but I think the principals are still alive :-) -- Dave