So you ran the script as you, it is owned by you and not SUID or SGID, and had something like:<div><br></div><div>sudo /usr/bin/dostuff</div><div>touch /tmp/myfile</div><div><br></div><div>And /tmp/myfile was owned by root? Oddness, it should have been owned by you. Maybe check if there's a -c option to sudo to run just that one command?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Leam<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 10:07 AM, John Pilman <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jcpilman@gmail.com">jcpilman@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 9:58 AM, leam hall <<a href="mailto:leamhall@gmail.com">leamhall@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I think so, but try it. write the script with a sudo, and then a line<br>
> afterwards "touch /tmp/myfile". See who owns /tmp/myfile.<br>
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</div>OK, I tried and it is owned by root.<br>
<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">...John<br>
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