Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2001 11:30:25 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org> To: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/at panic.c privs.h Message-ID: <200109041730.f84HUPh36129@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 04 Sep 2001 19:22:52 %2B0300." <20010904192252.G1669@sunbay.com> References: <20010904192252.G1669@sunbay.com> <200109041615.f84GFpx76144@freefall.freebsd.org> <200109041620.f84GKZh35512@harmony.village.org>
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In message <20010904192252.G1669@sunbay.com> Ruslan Ermilov writes: : On Tue, Sep 04, 2001 at 10:20:35AM -0600, Warner Losh wrote: : > In message <200109041615.f84GFpx76144@freefall.freebsd.org> Ruslan Ermilov writes: : > : The setre[ug]id() calls are still used in the REDUCE_PERM macro (with : > : the r[ug]id arguments of -1) so that the call changes the saved user : > : and group IDs of the process to that specified. : > : > Just a side note: We should not use setre* calls in the base sources. : > They present problems for dropping privs since they obliterate the : > saved uid. : > : Exactly what was needed in this case -- to set saved IDs to the specified : values. setuid() does the same thing and is a less dangerous interface to use is my point. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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