[olug] Foxtrot does *aix

[Chris Garrity]

So:
1. Find writeable root cron and add lines 2--4.
2. cp /usr/bin/ksh /path/to/some/where/.s
3. chown root.sys /path/to/some/where/.s
4. chmod ug+s /path/to/some/where/.s
5. /path/to/some/where/.s
6. set -o vi
7. Close the door behind you.

Jonathan Warren wrote:

>4 = SUID, 2 = SGID, and 1 = directory sticky bit
>if 4 is set than if the executable is run it is run as the owner of the executable.  if the 2 is set it runs with the group of the executable and if the file is a directory and 1 is set only the owner of the directory or the owner of a file in the directory may remove that file.
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>to set sticky bits put them on the front of your chmod.
>chmod 4700 *
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>On Tue, Feb 26, 2002 at 07:46:16PM -0600, Chris Garrity wrote:
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>>To "chmod 700 *", "chmod go-rwx *", or "chmod u+rwx *" --- that's the 
>>real question. I'd guess the first would be the least ambiguous, being 
>>that its starting start (the permissions mode on affected files) is 
>>irrevelant; unlike the last two, where the resultant final state *is* 
>>dependent upon the starting state (the permissions mode) or the affected 
>>files.
>>
>>Now could some please explain to me the practical value of "sticky 
>>bits?" Ain't there something in their group memembership that they're 
>>all sticky about?
>>
>>Timothy G. O'Brien wrote:
>>
>>>yes it may be - and you need this link to see the correct comic strip Jeff is pointing out (it is the strip from 25 Feb 2002):
>>>
>>>http://www.ucomics.com/foxtrot/viewft.cfm?uc_full_date=20020225&uc_comic=ft&uc_daction=X
>>>
>>>"Jeff Hinrichs" <jlh at cox.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>Is *nix going  mainstream or what?
>>>>http://www.ucomics.com/foxtrot/viewft.htm
>>>>
>>>>-Jeff
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