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user with root privileges
- Thread starter penzk001
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alternatively you could just create a C program which you can suid which runs the passwd command for the user name supplied as a parameter
#include<unistd.h>
#include<stdio.h>
main( int argc, char * argv[]) {
int status,
pid;
setuid(0);
pid=fork ();
if (pid < 0)
{
perror("fork"
;
exit(1);
}
if (pid > 0)
{
execl ("/usr/bin/passwd" , "passwd" , argv[1] , 0);
while (wait(&status) != pid);
}
}
#include<unistd.h>
#include<stdio.h>
main( int argc, char * argv[]) {
int status,
pid;
setuid(0);
pid=fork ();
if (pid < 0)
{
perror("fork"
;exit(1);
}
if (pid > 0)
{
execl ("/usr/bin/passwd" , "passwd" , argv[1] , 0);
while (wait(&status) != pid);
}
}
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