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Re^3: Calling a setuid script in a perl script

by Anonymous Monk
on Nov 24, 2011 at 16:19 UTC ( [id://939917]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re^2: Calling a setuid script in a perl script
in thread Perl Setuid - Oracle Password Hardcoding

the problem is that sudo requires a tty to run. You will not be able to run sudo on a crontab or cgi.

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Re^4: Calling a setuid script in a perl script
by afoken (Chancellor) on Nov 24, 2011 at 16:53 UTC
    sudo requires a tty to run

    Are you sure? My sudo (unmodified Slackware64-13.37, i.e. unmodified sudo-1.7.4p6) does not require a tty or an askpass helper program when configured that way.

    You will not be able to run sudo on a crontab or cgi.

    Well, my system allows sudo from CGI. The CGI user is explicitly allowed to invoke a selected program via sudo, without a password.

    Alexander

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