How do I add users using Python scripts on a Linux machine

[Sebastian 'lunar' Wiesner]

[ Ivan Voras <ivoras at fer.hr> ]

> Sebastian 'lunar' Wiesner wrote:
>> Carsten Haese <carsten at uniqsys.com> typed
> 
>>> I don't think that that has anything to do with Linux or not. The
>>> script is not the actual executable, hence its suid bit is
>>> irrelevant.
>> 
>> I don't think so. From what I know, the script is passed as
>> executable to the kernel loader, which interprets the shebang and
>> feeds the script through the correct interpreter. So the kernel
>> loader sees the script itself as executable instead of the
>> interpreter binary. I've heard of other Unix systems, which handle
>> this differently (meaning that the SUID bit on scripts has an
>> effect), but I may be wrong.
> 
> Yes, the kernel parses #! but the suid-ness is still controlled by the
> target interpreter (i.e. python executable). At least BSD systems also
> behave this way.

I don't think, that the interpreter controls SUID-ness. Privileges are
always handled by the kernel. At least the kernel needs to agree, when
a normal user wants to execute a SUID scripts.

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