> Anybody done setuiding using python scripts. Our resident expert tried this b
> ut
> it didn't seem to work. The usual thing about no permission match, even with
> the python executable set with the s bit.
In general, setuid scripts are a BAD IDEA. There are serious security
implications when you use them. The problems can be contained
somewhat by the script interpreter (python in this case), but I don't
believe python does that.
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