Shell script to find all programs and scripts with setuid bit set on

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#!/bin/bash
# Shell script to find all programs and scripts with setuid bit set on.
# If your system ever cracked (aka hacked) then system has this kind of binary
# installed; besides the normal setuuid scripts/programs
#
# *TIP*
# User directory /home and webroots such as /www canbe mounted with
# nosuid option.
#
# Copyright (c) 2005 nixCraft project.
# This script is licensed under GNU GPL version 2.0 or above
# For more info, please visit:
#            http://cyberciti.biz/shell_scripting/bmsinstall.php
# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
# This script is part of nixCraft shell script collection (NSSC)
# Visit http://bash.cyberciti.biz/ for more information.
# -------------------------------------------------------------------------
#SPATH="/usr/local/etc/bashmonscripts"
#INITBMS="$SPATH/defaults.conf"
#[ ! -f $INITBMS ] && exit 1 || . $INITBMS
 
[ $# -eq 1 ] && : || die "Usage: $($BASENAME $0) directory" 1
 
DIRNAME="$1"
$FIND $DIRNAME -xdev -type f -perm +u=s -print
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