SetXid bits on scripts SetXid scripts are a *bad* idea. Ability to add additional 'commandline' args, such as notlinux$ head -1 thescript #/bin/sh notlinux$ ls -la thescript -rwsr-xr-x 1 root web 5012 Apr 19 4:43 thescript notlinux$ thescript -i $ id uid=1010(bri) gid=1010(bri) euid=0(root) groups=1010(bri) SetXid scripts are run without setXid perms on Linux. Can run scripts with setXid perms using compiled wrapper programs Can run Perl scripts with setXid perms using suidperl