Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: setuids() like setgroups() ? | From | Andreas Schwab <> | Date | 16 Apr 1999 11:15:55 +0200 |
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miquels@cistron.nl (Miquel van Smoorenburg) writes:
|> I wonder if it would be a good idea to introduce a setuids() call that |> behaves a bit like like setgroups(), in that it would be possible |> with setuid() to switch between the uids. [...] |> Is there any OS that already implements something like this which we |> can model it after, or is there a way to tie this into the capability |> system (I can't see how), or is this a plain stupid idea :/
AFAIK the Hurd has this.
-- Andreas Schwab "And now for something schwab@issan.cs.uni-dortmund.de completely different" schwab@gnu.org
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