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SubjectRe: problems with changing UID/GID
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On Wed, 2002-08-28 at 12:51, Florian Weimer wrote:
> Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes:
>
> >> But, the credentials are per-task in Linux, so it's possible to have
> >> two tasks in a process running under different UIDs.
> >
> > Really useful isnt it
>
> And not supported by GNU libc, neither officially nor by the current
> implementation. :-(

Its supported by clone() and programs using clone directly, not by the
legacy pthreads interface

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