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Newer page: version 3 Last edited on Monday, May 15, 2006 1:03:41 pm by CraigBox
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-A [SUID] program (short for Set [UID]) is when a program has the <tt>u+s</tt> permission bit set. This means that the program runs with the EffectiveUid of the person that owns the file, not the person that runs the program. For instance, a SUID program owned by <tt>root</tt> would run as <tt>root</tt>, instead of a normal user when executed. 
+A [SUID] program (short for Set [UID]) is when a program has the <tt>u+s</tt> permission bit set. This means that the program runs with the Effective UID (EUID|UID] of the person that owns the file, not the person that runs the program. For instance, a SUID program owned by <tt>root</tt> would run as <tt>root</tt>, instead of a normal user when executed. 
  
 To run a progam completely as a new user, it needs to be SUID to that user, and you need to execute 
  
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