Top "Suid" questions

How to restart Linux from inside a C++ program?

I have a Qt 4 GUI where I need to have a option in a drop-down menu that allows the user …

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compile & execute Chromium failed due to SUID sandbox issue

What I'm trying to do : Compile and run Chromium source code on Ubuntu 13.10 Steps I've taken : git clone https://chromium.…

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SUID not working with shell script

I have created a small shell script with the following content: cat /usr/bin/checksuid.sh !/bin/bash echo "Hello" &…

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Howto debug program that needs to run as root from gdb (Eclipse) as user (set gdb suid root?)

I need to debug a program on Linux with Eclipse (gdb). The program run as root and is quite large. …

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From PHP/Apache, exec() or system() program as root: "sudo: unable to open audit system: Permission denied"

I have been spending half a day trying to figure this out, and I've done a lot of research. I'm …

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seteuid/geteuid: Program always has root id

I'm currently trying to figure out how the SUID-bit and the corresponding functions seteuid and geteuid work. So I wrote …

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Is running GNU Screen suid root the only way to make multiuser mode work?

I'm running Ubuntu 11.10 and GNU Screen version "4.00.03jw4", and I'm trying to use multiuser mode. The following process works for …

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