From: Kent Dahl <kentda@...>
Date: 2001-09-27T04:58:26+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:21749] Re: Running ruby scripts suid-root

"Florian G. Pflug" wrote:
> How can I run a ruby script suid root?
> I tried setting both the script, and the interpreter to mode 4755, but I
> still doesn't work.

I haven't tried running a Ruby script suid root, but I had to run one
suid user once. The secure solution proposed by the local gurus were to
use a C wrapper program that is suid user. 

I don't remember the original url, but a quick searched showed this:
	http://www.tesol.net/scripts/Otherstuff/setuid.html#yourwrap

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