Messages in this thread | | | From | Denis Vlasenko <> | Subject | Re: setgid - its current use | Date | Thu, 8 Apr 2004 10:41:24 +0300 |
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On Thursday 08 April 2004 04:46, Dhruv Gami wrote: > 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() ?
it is possible through chmod -- vda - 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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