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[Nigel Kersten <address@concealed>]

ahah! Excellent. I've got suexec ready, so was wondering what I was  
missing... :)

That message is much much clearer, but it does sound like suidperl  
isn't a good long term solution.


On 22/11/2005, at 6:41 PM, Olivier Salaün - CRU wrote:

> Hi Nigel,
>
> Actually we changed this notification in the next release :
> ##################################
> ## You don't have suidperl installed."
> ## Suidperl is the default way to run WWSympa with SetUID."
> ## Among other options, you can use suExec with Apache"
> ## Check Sympa reference manual for more details"
> #####################################################
> Maybe we should even discourage this solution (that had the  
> advantage of been quite transparent for the listmaster).
>
> Another solution that we didn't explore yet is using Sudo to run  
> wwsympa setuid. Any feedback is welcome....
>
> Nigel Kersten wrote:
> > I'm trying to put together a package installer for sympa for Mac  
> > OS  X, and in the course of re-installing, I've noticed I had this  
> > error:
> >
> > ##################################
> > ## You don't have suidperl installed.
> > ## Suidperl is required to run WWSympa with SetUID.
> > #####################################################
> >
> > >From browsing around, this kind of line seems to be what the  
> > Perl  people say about suidperl at the moment...
> >
> > --------from Perl Changes 5.8---------
> > Note that the security scare is only relevant for those who   
> > arefoolish enough to build suidperl (which is now officially   
> > discouraged)
> > --------------------------------------
> >
> > Is it really required? Apple aren't distributing perl with  
> > suidperl,  and it seems like other vendors are stopping it too.

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