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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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |