>From the Digital Unix documentation:
Programs that are installed using the setuid or setgid subroutines do
not use the settings of the various environment variables that govern
library searches (such as LD_LIBRARY_PATH, _RLD_ARGS, _RLD_LIST, and
_RLD_ROOT); they use only system-installed libraries (that is, those in
/usr/shlib). This restriction prevents potential threats to the security
of these programs, and it is enforced by the run-time loader
(/sbin/loader).
My question is, can this behavior be changed? I have some database
client software that wants to be setuid to the owner of the database
(not root).
Many thanks,
Jeff Croft
jeffc_at_genesyslab.com
Received on Tue Sep 01 1998 - 20:52:49 NZST