Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:37:53 -0500 From: "Ben Kaduk" <minimarmot@gmail.com> To: "Darren Pilgrim" <freebsd@bitfreak.org> Cc: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, dmw@unete.cl Subject: Re: A few questions... Message-ID: <47d0403c0707232237t272f4e7exb0f55c21bbd097c7@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <46A577BB.5020400@bitfreak.org> References: <200707232052.58485.dmw@unete.cl> <46A577BB.5020400@bitfreak.org>
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On 7/23/07, Darren Pilgrim <freebsd@bitfreak.org> wrote: > Daniel Molina Wegener wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I need information about few things, I hope someone can help > > me and thanks in advance. > > > > a) Is there any function or variable that tells me which is the > > root user UID in the system, or root always have 0 and it's > > an "elegant" option to compare the variables or structure > > members against zero. > > Root is always UID 0. Checking UID == 0 is the common practice for > determining if the effective UID has root priveleges. > But should it be common practice? What of suser(9) and priv(9)? -Ben Kaduk
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