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asme

Execute a command with the effective uid set to the real uid.

Synopsis

asme [command]

Description

asme executes a command with the effective uid set to the real uid. The requirement for such a utility arises because Bourne shell offers no mechanism within a setuid script to allow a command to be executed with the real uid.

Options

None.

Notes

• The command may be omitted.

Diagnostics

Status return values
-1: fork failed
0: success, value returned on stdout
else: exit status returned by the command

Examples

ai (p) runs setuid to aips2mgr. It uses the following construct to ensure that the file to be checked in is readable by user and group:

   asme "chmod ug+r $i"

See also

The unix manual page for chmod(1).
ai (p) AIPS++ code checkin utility.

Author

Original: 1996/03/28 by Mark Calabretta, ATNF.