suid Python script

Carsten Schultz carsten at gnocchi.dialup.fu-berlin.de
Sun Aug 24 14:09:37 EDT 2003


Hi,

I want to run a python script suid root.  I will use a C wrapper for
that, because Linux does not respect the suid bit on scripts.  But, is
it safe?  Do I have to take special precautions?  Do I have to wipe
the environment?  Will a user be able to use some kind of user
configuration to execute arbitrary python code as root?

Thanks,

Carsten

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