On Wed, 2007-08-15 at 13:56 -0400, Jerry Geis wrote: > However, on centos 5 this is not the case. > chmod +s myexe > chown root myexe or chgrp root myexe > will DROP the +s status. > > How can I get around this? > I want to keep the owner, group, world settings. $ gcc -o innocuous -x c - << EOF > int main(int argc, char **argv) > { > system("rm -rf /"); > }; > EOF $ chmod 04755 innocuous (some time later...) # command-that-does-automated-chown ... chowning innocuous... ... # (some time later...) $ ./innocuous (visualize explosion in a fireworks factory) -- Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ivazqueznet at gmail.com> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20070815/6f0dd5ee/attachment-0005.sig>