ITEM: HG6839L

LIBPATH is not being followed---works on earlier versions of AIX

DESC:  Why would a program not use LIBPATH to find a Library.

OVERVIEW:  
         When a binary file has the SUID or SGID flag set that 
         Program will not ever use libpath.  This is a behavior
         that was added as a fix to 4.1.5.

         The reason this behavior was introduced was to remove
         a security risk.

         You can check to see if the SUID or SGID flag is set 
         by issuing the following command:
                
                ls -l \

         if the group execute permission is displayed as an s
         then the file has set-group-ID mode.

         APAR IX66344 is the apar that stops libpath from being
         searched in programs with the SGID flag set.



Support Line: LIBPATH is not being followed---works on earlier versions of AIX ITEM: HG6839L

Dated: October 1998 Category: N/A

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