Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 09:19:21 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: changing a running process's credentials Message-ID: <20001115091920.D830@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <200011151716.KAA56789@harmony.village.org>; from imp@village.org on Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 10:16:29AM -0700 References: <20001115090934.A830@fw.wintelcom.net> <20001115161316.C309@ringworld.oblivion.bg> <20001115084722.I29448@fw.wintelcom.net> <20001115190135.E309@ringworld.oblivion.bg> <20001115090934.A830@fw.wintelcom.net> <200011151716.KAA56789@harmony.village.org>
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* Warner Losh <imp@village.org> [001115 09:16] wrote: > In message <20001115090934.A830@fw.wintelcom.net> Alfred Perlstein writes: > : Unless this syscall was restricted to root, or a small subset of > : uid's it would cause some severe security issues from my point > : of view. > > Even the small subset of uids would be highly suspect. Setable via a syscall/sysctl only by root. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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