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| author | Andrew Tridgell <tridge@samba.org> | 1996-08-20 15:40:32 +0000 |
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| committer | Andrew Tridgell <tridge@samba.org> | 1996-08-20 15:40:32 +0000 |
| commit | 7f38abfbdb57b4ed33fa0aaacdfe7414d4c19a28 (patch) | |
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| parent | cbfdcb4941e2bd28998d2f9ed53f98c5b75994c0 (diff) | |
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add a bit more about the "trapdoor uid" messsage
(This used to be commit 52af2b38fe91e4a993395bfc20a8ab81e6da04c1)
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diff --git a/docs/samba.faq b/docs/samba.faq index 1e8ea6e3c1..de5c16c5c6 100644 --- a/docs/samba.faq +++ b/docs/samba.faq @@ -434,6 +434,11 @@ the guest user. Complain to your OS vendor and ask them to fix their system. +Note: the reason why 65535 is a VERY bad choice of uid and gid is that +it casts to -1 as a uid, and the setreuid() system call ignores (with +no error) uid changes to -1. This means any daemon attempting to run +as uid 65535 will actually run as root. This is not good! + =============================================================================== SECTION FOUR: Specific client problems ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |