Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: setuids() like setgroups() ? | Date | Fri, 16 Apr 1999 18:59:30 +0100 (BST) |
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> >How do you solve pid reuse ? > > PID reuse? The task struct would just contain a struct switchuid * with > all the valid uid/gid pairs. Probably inherited on fork, not on exec.
Ok you only intend to inherit it treewards.
> Does any existing OS already implement this so I can read the manpages > or the source code, or would this be a Linux-specific extension. And > what would the proper name actually be - SCM_SETCREDENTIALS ? > SCM_PASSCREDENTIALS ?
I've seen it on other systems but non unixlike.
Alan
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