We always remember chmod u+s or special permission bit on an executable means when we run the executable it will run as the owner of the executable (read this). There are a problem with it, it will…

A tricks on how to run a script as root without sudo, in case someone needs this. I use this for toggle on and off camera without pkexec. It’s useful imho

  • Papamousse@beehaw.org
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    9 months ago

    Oh, in the 90s I worked at a big defense contractor, one of a shell script had a suid on it, so just by creating a symbolic link named “-x” pointing to the script, and executing it, you entered in a root shell ☺️