From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Nov 15 9:12:12 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from rover.village.org (rover.village.org [204.144.255.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C72B637B4CF for ; Wed, 15 Nov 2000 09:12:10 -0800 (PST) Received: from harmony.village.org (harmony.village.org [10.0.0.6]) by rover.village.org (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id eAFHC9R17671; Wed, 15 Nov 2000 10:12:09 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.9.3/8.8.3) with ESMTP id KAA56732; Wed, 15 Nov 2000 10:12:09 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <200011151712.KAA56732@harmony.village.org> To: Peter Pentchev Subject: Re: changing a running process's credentials Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 15 Nov 2000 16:13:16 +0200." <20001115161316.C309@ringworld.oblivion.bg> References: <20001115161316.C309@ringworld.oblivion.bg> Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 10:12:09 -0700 From: Warner Losh Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In message <20001115161316.C309@ringworld.oblivion.bg> Peter Pentchev writes: : There are situations (at least I could think of some :) where it is necessary : to change a running process's credentials. I'm thinking specifically of the : effective UID and GID, but I might have to tinker with the real and saved : UID's, too. setuid doesn't work for you? Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message