What I'm trying to do : Compile and run Chromium source code on Ubuntu 13.10 Steps I've taken : git clone https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/tools/depot_tools.git add to bashrc : export...

I have a Qt 4 GUI where I need to have a option in a drop-down menu that allows the user to choose to restart the computer. I realize this might seem redunant with the ability to restart the comput...

I have created a small shell script with the following content: cat /usr/bin/checksuid.sh !/bin/bash echo "Hello" > /etc/myfile.cnf ls -l /usr/bin/checksuid.sh -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 56 Sep 9...

Is there a way to debug why I get lstat("/path/to/file", 0x...) = -1 EACCES (permission denied) error when accessing a file/directory? whether it is because of selinux issues or becaus...

I'm using python with setcap CAP_NET_RAW enabled. My python script imports a shared library which has $ORIGIN in its RPATH. Since my python is now a suid app, $ORIGIN is not evaluated and the libra...

To understand what I'm asking, it's important to distinguish from among the several uses of SUID in Unix. I have a project that uses an executable in the user's PATH which is owned by the project ...

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 me: as user "first_user" > sudo chmo...

it seems that I have some trouble understanding the semantics of the SUID bit, perhaps someone can help me clarify the situation. My understanding of the semantic of the SUID bit are as follows: W...

I'm working on an app that needs to use dd (I do this with a shell script in the app bundle, that collects parameters from the app itself, makes some checks and then launches dd). To make this op...

I'm interested in writing a PAM module that would make use of a popular authentication mechanism for Unix logins. Most of my past programming experience has been in Python, and the system I'm inter...