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My CGI script needs more privileges than its getting as user “nobody”. How do I run a Perl script as suid?

April 26, 2017CGI Needs Perl privileges run Script suid user

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My CGI script needs more privileges than its getting as user “nobody”. How do I run a Perl script as suid?

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First of all, do you really need to run your Perl script as suid? This represents a major risk insofar as giving your script more privileges than the “nobody” user has also increases the potential for damage that a subverted script can cause. If you’re thinking of giving your script root privileges, think it over extremely carefully.