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-rwsr-xr-x on executables in bin directory

411752May 3 2004 — edited May 4 2004

Hi, need your expertise... Our Axent software is reporting red vulnerability issues on a production server (HP-UX) running oracle 8.1.6 because the following executables have -rwsr-xr-x permissions (it is complaining about the "s"):

${ORACLE_HOME}/bin/oracle
${ORACLE_HOME}/bin/tnslsnr
${ORACLE_HOME}/bin/oracleO
${ORACLE_HOME}/bin/oidldapd

Is it normal for the "s" to be set for these executables?

I understand that the "s" means set user ID on file execution... in other words, execute the file as if you are the owner...

If yes it is normal, where can I find oracle documentation saying that the "s" is normal, so I can present it to my management team. I haven't been able to find any docs discussing this topic yet.

Thanks for you help,
PL

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