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authorAndrew Bartlett <abartlet@samba.org>2004-01-27 10:19:11 +0000
committerAndrew Bartlett <abartlet@samba.org>2004-01-27 10:19:11 +0000
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(merge from 3.0)
Clarify comment on set_effective_uid() Andrew Bartlett (This used to be commit 0a9afefb55e9071fd21ea280095555f423571853)
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-rw-r--r--source3/lib/util_sec.c12
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)
{