Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: setuids() like setgroups() ? | Date | Fri, 16 Apr 1999 17:11:40 +0100 (BST) |
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> However, this is very non-standard and the cances of this getting > implemented are very low, I guess. The reason I am asking this is that > I am considering hacking Apache and the kernel for UID swtching - > wondering if it should be a quick&dirty local hack, or something reasonably > clean so I can try to get it integrated into Linux and Apache.
How do you solve pid reuse ?
> >the authentication server and then it will get a uid back if valid. > >Its also about 200 lines of code if that for the kernel > > Aha, that would be SCM_SETCREDENTIALS ? I'm curious about this. It > seems to be the easiest (and most probable) solution for now.
Yes. Exactly - it then means that a client can for example pass a request to a server along with the right for the server to assume its identity. And vice versa the client can ask the server "I want to become fred = auth is .." and have the server return "no" or "yes - auth sent"
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