Many rapid responses - hence this second summary.
Thanks again to all.
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People who suggested a wrapper that uses execle()
to call the script:
Simon Tardell <tardell_at_particle.kth.se>
Phil VanHelden <vanhelde_at_odo.msoe.edu>
"Scott L. McCracken" <scottm_at_synergex.com>
pointed out that suid bits are ignored for scripts,
but not for binaries.
Ollivier Robert <ollivier.robert_at_eurocontrol.fr>
mentioned that Perl scripts *do* have the ability to
detect the suid bit and execute the script accordingly
using suidperl.
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Dept. of Physics & Physical Oceanography fax: (709) 737-8739
Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's, Newfoundland, CANADA A1B 3X7
URL:
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