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10/26/2013 - 7:57 PM

setuid 'root' permission

setuid 'root' permission

sudo chown root
sudo chmod u+s
This special permission allows the file to be executed with the security permissions of the file owner instead of the permission of the user who ran the program. This can be a source of security problems. Some daemons run as suid root. The suid permission is seen as an "S" in the user executable position a long directory listing (ls -l). Has no effect if the file is not executable.