This describes the current state of the setuid trunk.
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Brian Fromme
setuid is a simple program to run a command as root, if the sticky bit has been properly set. It was written in the mid-90s, so it needs lots of work to be "up to standards" of today's Linux utilities. Also, it needs: review for security issues, I18N, more flexible search for user data file. Here are the current features: run a command, including parameters, as root. Add users to be allowed to a data file.
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Not started
- Approver:
- Brian Fromme
- Priority:
- Undefined
- Drafter:
- Brian Fromme
- Direction:
- Needs approval
- Assignee:
- Brian Fromme
- Definition:
- Discussion
- Series goal:
- None
- Implementation:
-
Unknown
- Milestone target:
- None
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- Completed by
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This spec is really just a summary of the first upload of code to Launchpad. The program is functional and useful to some, particularly when building server-side functionality on UNIX machines.
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