suid root script possible in LE 2005?

[Xnomad]

Hi, I really want to be able to run a script as root as I can't be bothered doing sudo and then typing the long commands into my terminal.

 

Here is the deal. I have encrypted containers that I need to mount quite frequently and it would be nicer to just have a script do this.

 

My encrypted containers are in bcyrpt so I have to usually run the following line:

 

sudo bctools mount -u xnomad -g xnomad /mnt/win/win_e/hurricane.jbc /mnt/hurricane

 

I have tried wirting a script with the above and few more lines to mount the other containers and then get it to run as root.

 

so I did the following:

chown root:root myScript

chmod 555 myScript

chmod a+s myScript to set the SUID as root, I've also tried a+s and o+s

ls -l myScript

-r-sr-sr-x 1 root root 31 Jun 27 13:10 myScript

So from what I understand I have set my script to run as root however whenever I do ./myScript it says I don't have permissions to mount or make directories in the /mnt

 

Any ideas? Now I understand that suid root scripts can be a security loophole but surely if others can't write to it then it's safe?

Edited June 27, 2005 by Xnomad

[theYinYeti]

A script can never be "suid-ed". You have to use sudo.

 

Yves.