suid and root text console

From: Sigismondo Boschi <net1701_at_iperbole.bologna.it>
Date: Thu, 05 Dec 1996 14:32:39 +0000

Hello managers.

I have two unrelated question to submit to all of you.

1) how is it possible to allow the "suid" flag also for shell script
between users, and not just for binaries?

2) how is it possible for root to get a text console if it happend to
get "cut out" from the X environment?
 (it has happend that it was not possible to create an Xterm from root
because of a mess, and than I had to use FTP to restore it from another
alpha... telnet to root was also disabled)

Thanks for any help.
bye

-- 
                                        Sigismondo Boschi
net1701_at_comune.bologna.it
PhD student at the Physical Chemistry Department
                   Bologna University (Italy)

Received on Thu Dec 05 1996 - 15:03:53 NZDT