From: Gianni Tedesco <gianni@scaramanga.co.uk>
To: Jerry Haltom <wasabi@larvalstage.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: setpeuid(pid_t, uid_t) proposal
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 14:30:02 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1093354202.22729.15.camel@sherbert> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1093323005.1248.21.camel@localhost>
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On Mon, 2004-08-23 at 23:50 -0500, Jerry Haltom wrote:
> I want to propose a new base system function (and cooresponding
> syscall). I am tentivly calling this function setpeuid(). The function
> will be fairly simple:
>
> Only a process with uid 0 may call it. The first argument is a process
> id. The second argument is a uid. The function is effictivly the exact
> same as seteuid() except that it operates on another process. Very
> simple explanation, now here's why.
LOL pid_t? What if task calling the server dies before the server calls
setpeuid()? Some other users task may now get new credentials.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-08-24 13:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-08-24 4:50 setpeuid(pid_t, uid_t) proposal Jerry Haltom
2004-08-24 5:58 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2004-08-24 6:27 ` Jerry Haltom
2004-08-24 12:01 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2004-08-24 13:30 ` Gianni Tedesco [this message]
2004-08-28 19:15 ` Alan Cox
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