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From: Markus Senoner <markus@giotto.dnet.it>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.misc
Subject: script run as nobody with root permissions?
Date: Thu, 03 Apr 1997 19:48:48 +0200
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I want to write a script (say: foobar) like:

  #!/bin/sh
  mkdir /xxx

and run it as nobody, it obviously gives an error message:

  > ./foobar
  mkdir: /xxx: Permission denied

when I try to set following permissions:

  -rwsr-sr-x  1 root    wheel   foobar

and try to execute the script again, it still gives:

  > ./foobar
  mkdir: /xxx: Permission denied

I tried to put nobody in the wheel group, but still no success.
What do I wrong?

Thanks a lot in advance!
Markus Senoner