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Why suid scripts aren't safe
- Last Modified 2011-02-25 02:43 UTC - Created 2011-02-25 02:43 UTC
Some links that explain why:
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/unix-faq/faq/part4/section-7.html
http://www.tech-faq.com/security-problems-with-suid.html
http://www.theillien.com/Sys_Admin_v12/html/v10/i06/a1.htm
http://perldoc.perl.org/perlsec.html
Your best off using a C wrapper or very strict sudo entries.