[Tfug] Scripting Question

[Charles R. Kiss]

> From: James Hood <ebenblues at gmail.com>

> I believe some linux distros don't allow you to run suid root shell
> scripts because of the security issues brought up by Adrian.

Yeah.  Still thinking about it.

I was thinking I would loosen the restrictions (using a root only script  
on the command line) to the group, as you said... containing the necessary  
permission changes to cp, mount, etc.   which I don't mind doing at the  
beginning of a session.

Not to get too personal, but if my girlfriend says she needs to use the  
computer, I hit the "panic" button, which would button things up, shuffle  
the files around, cp stuff, umount disks, etc. and also return permissions  
of cp, mount, and chmod to their proper state.  So, the "panic" button  
would function only once, called "closer".

But now that my girlfriend has got her new Lenovo, thanks alot to tfug,  
she won't be "at the helm" in the middle of my session. And I don't have  
to worry about it anymore.  :(

Before I would say, "Sure, honey!" hit "PANIC".  Let her use the  
computer...  and then I would get back on, open things up again using the  
script executed by su, called "opener".


Thanks!




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