SUID script requirements on AIX 5L and ksh93

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Requirements for a suid script include:

  • #! directing the KornShell be used
  • Executable by user, group, and other
  • No read permission
  • Add suid permission by chmod u+s on the file

Add a -p option to #! to increase security to force a separate process if one is not normally done.

Example:

Source of this information:

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-kornshell93.html#n

Enabling security on an HP ProCurve 4200 series switch

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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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