Running Python Scripts With 'sudo'

Tim Daneliuk tundra at tundraware.com
Wed Mar 2 05:27:58 EST 2005


Given that setuid is a Bad Thing for scripts, what is the general consensus
here on running a Python script via 'sudo' to give it root system access?
Is this reasonably secure, or am I still asking for trouble?

TIA,
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