Matt

Ok, all done

but now I will put all of this into the original answer as an alternative

[sorry my laptop b0rked, had to reboot]

[and possibly do some mischief as root] :P

Then a regular user may no longer edit the script at will

do this

You must move battery-script.sh to /bin/

Ok

then I will give you the correct user/permissions

i'm still trying to make sure it's fixable

:)

yeah

I think...

Ok to fix the security hole, you need to move the script

Since my test file [and also yours] is in your home directory, you own the file. the problem was it kept letting me edit a "root" file

I figured it out

ohhhhhhhh

Then it recognizes it in sudoers, and gives it root without a password

sudo will work regularly for every program, /except/ when you say "sudo ./battery-script"

that's the only way to use sudo without password

yes

[to patch the security hole]

Just to get permissions/ownership settled

No a simple echo script

:S

but it's not working, it keeps letting my normal user edit the script

I'm trying to make it so a script can only be executed but not changed by normal users

hmm...

Let me make sure of the permission

actually.. hold on

sets ownership to root so you must have root to edit it, and makes it so only root can read/write/execute, every other user can only execute

I would recommend this:

you can fix that by easily setting ownership/permissions

If your account has a password, or if you are the only user, I would really not worry about it

Because right now, a script, editable by your user, will be run as root on every boot. If someone knew about it, they could add a line, and execute their own root commands, which is pretty close to giving them root without a password [as long as you're logged in]

now I suppose I should mention that some people would consider this to be a security hole

correct

And also I will add this other solution to my answer

the xmessage line. because once you know it works you do not need it there, it would get annoying. lol

after the next reboot, and you get the popup text, you can go back and remove the line

you're welcome, glad I could help

you didn't know what?

ifconfig eth0 down

the script will be run as root

you can do that, just do not put sudo

that's why I had you undo it

exactly