Requirements for a suid script include:
Add a -p option to #! to increase security to force a separate process if one is not normally done.
Example:
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#! /usr/bin/ksh -p |
Source of this information:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-kornshell93.html#n
I had a chance to configure an HP ProCurve 4208vl switch the other day. The first impression was that the command line interface is heavily influenced by, if not directly copied from, the Cisco IOS command line interface. So if you have experience with IOS, you will probably feel almost at home on an HP switch. There are some differences, though.
The first thing I wanted to do was to enable ssh access and authentication, and disable telnet. Here’s a quick howto.
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The IBM AIX Software Toolbox download page includes a package for MySQL 3.23, but that was a little bit too aged for my purposes. Fortunately MySQL distributes binaries for IBM AIX here:
WAS does not seem to install any default init scripts, so I created one. You can configure it to start and stop multiple application servers by listing them all in the APPSERVERS variable (separated by spaces).
Continue reading IBM Websphere Application Server 5.1 init script for Linux