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Date: Sat, 11 Jul 1998 12:03:48 +1000
From: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
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To: bde@zeta.org.au, jkh@time.cdrom.com
Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/msgs msgs.c
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>> Well, it is innocuous, except it reduces portabilty (seteuid() isn't in
>> POSIX.1).  Here is an attempt at a portable version:
>> 
>> 	uid = getuid();
>> 	(void)setuid(uid);
>> 	(void)setuid(uid);
>
>I never knew that setuid() was "sticky" - what happens if you call it
>a 3rd time? :-) 

It depends on how bizarre "appropriate privilege" is and whether it
changes between the second and third calls.

Bruce

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