Re: [Sheflug] Web server Miracles

["Chris J" <cej [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

And Lo! The Great Prophet Alex Hudson uttered these words of wisdom:
> 
> > I am really trying to hide mysql database userid`s/passwords in scripting.
> 
> Suid scripts are probably the way forward then, but they're a bugger to
> setup AFAIK. Also, it relies on each person having their own shell
> account (but you say they do anyway, so...). 

suid scripting isn't supported under Linux - it's a bit of a security hole 
as it makes races easy. You can do it with perl, but you need to use the sperl
wrapper. Never done this myself :-)

If Rob /really/ wants to use a script, then run the script via sudo, with 
sudoers set up so the given script doesn't need a password.

Chris...

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