Timeline for What does the 's' attribute in file permissions mean?
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| Mar 9, 2014 at 15:47 | comment | added | orion | Yes. If setuid bit is set, it executes with ITS owner's permissions (usually root's), no matter who calls it. A good example is mount command. It does check who you are, but it CAN mount stuff if fstab says you can. | |
| Mar 9, 2014 at 15:46 | vote | accept | anders | ||
| Mar 9, 2014 at 15:43 | comment | added | anders | OK thanks for the reply. So in other words the prg1 will always run as root while prg2 will not? | |
| Mar 9, 2014 at 15:35 | history | answered | orion | CC BY-SA 3.0 |