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Follow up: How to write a Linux virus

Follow up: How to write a Linux virus

Posted Feb 13, 2009 17:08 UTC (Fri) by etienne_lorrain@yahoo.fr (guest, #38022)
In reply to: Follow up: How to write a Linux virus by droundy
Parent article: Follow up: How to write a Linux virus

> The trouble is that the user of a process running an executable is not determined by the owner of the executable.

Unless sticky bit is set, I thought it was obvious to set it.


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Follow up: How to write a Linux virus

Posted Feb 13, 2009 21:32 UTC (Fri) by quotemstr (subscriber, #45331) [Link]

You're talking about set-uid, not sticky. The sticky bit has no effect on non-directory files on modern systems.

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