Sv.2 suid bits (why a RESTRICTED shell if r in name!!)

[Clive Charlwood]

> > 
> >> On SV.2 (3b2, pc7300 (Safari)) suid bits do not work on shell scripts.
> 
> I have used the setuid bit on a masscomp machine. Two important
> points though. 
>     i)  You need to include the line '#! /bin/sh' so that exec(2) can
> 	handle it.
> 
>     ii) Your shell script runs as a restricted shell. (Anybody know a
> 	way around this folks)
	(IF THE *PROGRAM* NAME contains an 'r' in SYSV.2)

    Does anyone know why the stupid test for 'r' in the progname.
    I thought I'd left that sort of junk behind with fortran!

 
 	Clive Charlwood.