Re: [dev] Remount rootfs sync on impending battery depletion.

From: hiro <23hiro_AT_googlemail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2010 18:05:44 +0000

Wow, I didn't even know that. So this is what made people invent the
even more insecure alternative sudo?

On 12/22/10, Ethan Grammatikidis <eekee57_AT_fastmail.fm> wrote:
>
> On 20 Dec 2010, at 6:56 pm, hiro wrote:
>
>> Ever heard of setuid root??
>
> I thought this was supposed to be a script? The Linux kernel prevents
> the SUID bit from taking effect on scripts "because SUID scripts are
> almost always security exploits." NOT my words, btw.
>
>
Received on Thu Dec 23 2010 - 19:05:44 CET

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