>> as shell scripts and perl scripts cannot be run setuid, and that this is a
>> security feature of Unix, so I will have to compile my perl script into an
>> executable. Is there another way?
>
>There is no way to create setuid scripts.
Wrong - and possibly fatally so.
If you use sperl or use "#!/usr/bin/perl -s" you will be able to run suid.
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