Summary - I was trying to use SUID bit with a script.
Following is one of many similar replies to my query:
Thank you
Joshua Rome
Steve Hancock
Whitney Lattc
H. Willford
Lewis Lasser
Gyula Szokoly
P. Chanthauong
Donna Aiken
This is a security "feature" of Digital UNIX. Scripts will not
be executed as another user even with the SUID bit set. The same
hold for SGID permissions. You must create a wrapper program
or use a freeware program such as sudo to accomplish this.
Received on Wed Jul 01 1998 - 19:41:26 NZST