Re: Chown as regular user?

From: Stachu 'Dozzie' K. (dozzie_at_dynamit.im.pwr.wroc.pl.nospam)
Date: 05/26/05 

Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 12:39:59 +0000 (UTC)

On 26.05.2005, Michael Heiming <michael+USENET@www.heiming.de> wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.security SimonV <Simon.vanherweghe@gmail.com>:
>> Hi,
>> I'm working on a web-based hosting administration in php. (Debian
>> Linux)
>> For the creation of new web directories and other server manipulations,
>> I use perl scripts that I've set-uid to a user who has the rights in
>> those directories.
>> Everything works fine so far, but now, the mail and ftp directory
>> should have their own user and group i.o. the user who created them.
>> But I've just read in a book that only a root user can do a chown...
>> I've tested it, and indeed, it isn't possible to do it, except when I'm
>> root.
>
>> And it isn't that safe to set-uid my scripts as root user.
>
> Sure it is, the kernel will happily ignore the SUID bit on
> scripts.;)

Have you heard about suidperl? 

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