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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Oleg Verych <olecom@flower.upol.cz>
Cc: dash list <dash@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: euidaccess() vs non suid /bin/sh (Re: dash test -w oddities)
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:52:25 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4818F829.60601@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20080430230109.GR24008@flower.upol.cz>

Oleg Verych wrote:
>> I've asked why it's needed and why euidaccess() from glibc
>> wasn't used, especially in case of selinux stuff.
> 
> I wonder even more why access() syscall isn't a solution, because
> /bin/sh isn't set-uid by definition.
> 
> #/bin/cc glibc/sysdeps/posix/euidaccess.c
> [...]
>     /* If we are not set-uid or set-gid, access does the same.  */
>     return access (path, mode);
> [...]
> #end_cc

It might be run from a setuid program.

	-hpa

  reply	other threads:[~2008-04-30 22:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-04-30 21:05 dash test -w oddities Remi Broemeling
2008-04-30 22:38 ` Oleg Verych
2008-04-30 23:01   ` euidaccess() vs non suid /bin/sh (Re: dash test -w oddities) Oleg Verych
2008-04-30 22:52     ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2008-05-01  0:19       ` Oleg Verych
2008-05-01  6:03         ` H. Peter Anvin
2008-05-02 16:48     ` Oleg Verych

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