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| author | Andrew Bartlett <abartlet@samba.org> | 2004-01-27 10:01:30 +0000 |
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| committer | Andrew Bartlett <abartlet@samba.org> | 2004-01-27 10:01:30 +0000 |
| commit | e2d301accfc0977fa3c647900b5e1e2315c3f639 (patch) | |
| tree | cd5af2a2f257142e677a4a6fd35f8ad3bf820ac2 /source3/lib | |
| parent | 36abff1609ad7f537494d08c321c0bf853d6ca9e (diff) | |
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Clarify comment on set_effective_uid()
Andrew Bartlett
(This used to be commit ca24ae50ea37942dde335e97019880b6ce518a6a)
Diffstat (limited to 'source3/lib')
| -rw-r--r-- | source3/lib/util_sec.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/source3/lib/util_sec.c b/source3/lib/util_sec.c index 7c2576ed91..26be27ea51 100644 --- a/source3/lib/util_sec.c +++ b/source3/lib/util_sec.c @@ -177,8 +177,16 @@ void gain_root_group_privilege(void) /**************************************************************************** - Set *only* the effective uid. - we want to end up with ruid==0 and euid==uid + Set effective uid, and possibly the real uid too. + We want to end up with either: + + ruid==uid and euid==uid + + or + + ruid==0 and euid==uid + + depending on what the local OS will allow us to regain root from. ****************************************************************************/ void set_effective_uid(uid_t uid) { |