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Viewing Files with SUID or SGID Permissions


This task describes how to view a list of files that have the set user ID (SUID) or set group ID (SGID) permission set. With this permission, the file can set its own user ID or group ID, respectively, regardless of the owner or group to which the owner belongs.

Before you begin

To perform this task, you must provide a user account and password. It does not have to be the root account.

To View a List of Files with SUID and/or SGID Permissions

  1. Access the SECURITY application menu as described in Accessing KM Commands and InfoBoxes.
  2. Select Administration > List SUID and SGID Files BMC PATROL prompts you for a user account and password.

    SECURITY User Name and Password Dialog Box
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    Type the appropriate user name and password and click OK. BMC PATROL displays the Find SUID/SGID Files Like dialog box.

    Find SUID/SGID Files Like Dialog Box
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  3. Define the search criteria. The search is a logical AND operation that returns only files that match all the criteria defined by the following fields.

  4. Click Find.
     BMC PATROL builds a search expression, searches the system for files that match the criteria, and writes the results to a BMC PATROL task object (List SUID and SGID Files) in the UNIX OS container.
  5. Access the List SUID and SGID Files task object as described in Accessing KM Commands and InfoBoxes and view the results. Your results should resemble this example:
# PSL Serial No.: #########
<NOT INTERACTIVE>

List SUID and SGID Files

Begin: find /oracle/empdata/payroll \( -perm -004000 -o -perm -002000 \) -exec ls -ld {} \;
-rwsr-sr-x   1 3Supvr admin 129 Jun 20 14:38 /oracle/empdata/payroll/may_2001
-------------------- >>>>> DONE <<<<< --------------------

Output Format

The output has the following format. Following table describes each expression.

Begin: find /path -name <text> \( -perm -004000 -o -perm -002000 \) -exec <ls> -ld {} \;
-rwsr-sr-- # <username> <group> ### MMM DD hh:mm <path>/<file_name.ext>
-------------------- >>>>> DONE <<<<< --------------------

 Find Files Like Command Output Format

Search Expression

Begin: find

Find command

/path

Starting point for search

- name <text?*>

File name pattern

- perm -00400 -o -perm -002000

Defines the permissions of files that the find command looks for

-exec ls

Lists the contents of the specified directory

-ld

Options for the ls command: -l long format listing, -d list only the directory names and not its contents

{ }

Argument that substitutes current file

List of Files

-rwsr-sr--

File permissions

 

Number of links to the file

username

Owner of the file

dev

Group of owner

 

Size in bytes

MMM DD hh:mm

Date-time stamp

location

Path and file name

Related topics

Security-SECURITY

Viewing-Files-with-Global-Write-Privileges

Viewing-Users-that-Failed-to-Execute-su-msu-Commands

Viewing-Users-without-Passwords

Viewing-duplicate-user-id-entry

 

Tip: For faster searching, add an asterisk to the end of your partial query. Example: cert*