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Hello Everyone, A long time back there was discussion over setuid/setgid and how its been replaced by Capabilities (This is what i understood from the archives...please correct me if im wrong). I'd like to know the possibility of using setgid for users to switch their groups and work as a member of a particular group. Essentially, if i want one user, who belongs to groups X, Y and Z to create a file as a member of group Y while he's logged on as a member of group X, would it be possible through setgid() ? would i need to change all programs that need this capability ? or is there a way in the kernel do achieve this ? Can i use capabilities in some way to achieve this ? Any pointers would be really helpful. i don't mind reading up on heavy documentation, if i only know where to look. Also, im not subscribed to this list, so I'd appreciate it if replies could be CC'd to gami@d10systems.com. If there's any other information that I should provide to clarify my question, please let me know. Thanks ! regards, Gami -- Dhruv Gami http://d10systems.com http://d10systems.com/gami - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||||
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