---
title: Install suid-wrapper on CentOS using the Snap Store | Snapcraft
description: Get the latest version of suid-wrapper for on CentOS - Utility to create
  binary executables to be used with the suid flag
url: https://snapcraft.io/install/suid-wrapper/centos
---

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# Install suid-wrapper on **CentOS**

# suid-wrapper

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[Install](https://snapcraft.io/install/suid-wrapper/centos#install)

#### Utility to create binary executables to be used with the suid flag

This utility lets you create an executable binary, with the suid flag set.
The suid flag makes it possible for an user to execute an executable as
if they are the owner of the file. For example:

suid-wrapper -o run\_docker\_sh $(which docker) -- run -it --rm alpine sh --

With the command above, a run\_docker\_sh will be created. Consider this file
is owned by a user named 'docker'. If a user named 'user' tries to run it,
because of the suid flag, the process that will be started will have the
uid set to that of 'docker', with the same permissions 'docker' has.

### Package name

* suid-wrapper

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### License

* MIT

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### Last updated

* 21 July 2023 - latest/stable

This snap hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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### Websites

* [github.com/thiagorb](https://github.com/thiagorb "https://github.com/thiagorb")

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## Enable snaps on CentOS and install suid-wrapper

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the [Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/store), an app store with an audience of millions.

### Enable snapd

Snap is available for [CentOS 7.6+](https://snapcraft.io/install/suid-wrapper/centos), and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6+, from the [Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL) (EPEL) repository. The EPEL repository can be added to your system with the following command:

```
sudo yum install epel-release
```

Snap can now be installed as follows:

```
sudo yum install snapd
```

Once installed, the *systemd* unit that manages the main snap communication socket needs to be enabled:

```
sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket
```

To enable *classic* snap support, enter the following to create a symbolic link between `/var/lib/snapd/snap` and `/snap`:

```
sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap
```

Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.

### Install suid-wrapper

To install suid-wrapper, simply use the following command:

```
sudo snap install suid-wrapper
```

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