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SubjectRe: [autofs] [PATCH 3/4] autofs4 - track uid and gid of last mount requestor
On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 05:06:11PM +0900, Ian Kent wrote:
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> Dumb old me, I really only need the uid.
> The gid can come from the get user info functions of glibc.

In case the process was executed from a setgid executable, you might
have a different gid from what the user has. In fact, I don't know why
you may need more than the pid, since with the pid you can get to the
task's effective uid/gid and maybe other such information you need.

Cheers,
Fábio Olivé
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