Information about the package, perl-suidperl, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The perl-suidperl package is designed for, Suidperl, for use with setuid perl scripts.
Package Name:
perl-suidperl
Summary:
Suidperl, for use with setuid perl scripts
URL:
Description:
Suidperl is a setuid binary copy of perl that allows for (hopefully) more secure running of setuid perl scripts.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
5.10.1
Release:
144.el6
Size:
51 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPL+ or Artistic
Control the perl-suidperl package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install perl-suidperl
This command will install perl-suidperl on the server.
yum remove perl-suidperl
This command will un-install perl-suidperl on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-suidperl, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove perl-suidperl
This command will un-install perl-suidperl on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove perl-suidperl when using the -y flag.
yum update perl-suidperl
This command will update perl-suidperl to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove perl-suidperl, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update perl-suidperl
This command will update perl-suidperl to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove perl-suidperl when using the -y flag.
yum info perl-suidperl
This command will show you core information about the perl-suidperl package.
yum deplist perl-suidperl
This command will show you the dependencies for perl-suidperl. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update perl-suidperl
This command will check if there is an update waiting on perl-suidperl. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.