[PATCH] seteuid.2: glibc implements seteuid calling setresuid, not setreuid

[PATCH] seteuid.2: glibc implements seteuid calling setresuid, not setreuid

[Štěpán Němec]

Analogously with set*gid.

This has been the case since more than two decades, e.g.:

  commit eae59a5681a6 glibc-2.3.2-793-geae59a5681a6
  Commit: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
  CommitDate: Sun Jun 8 22:37:53 2003 +0000

  Update.

          * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/seteuid.c (seteuid): Use setresuid32
          syscall directly if possible.  If __ASSUME_SETRESUID_SYSCALL is
          defined drop compatibility code.
  [...]

The change in implementation from setreuid/setregid is also
already mentioned two paragraphs earlier in the same man page.

Fixes: a36b2bb0eca4 ("seteuid.2: seteuid() and setegid() are implemented as library functions")
Fixes: 8554dd0324b0 ("seteuid.2: tfix")
Signed-off-by: Štěpán Němec <stepnem@smrk.net>
---
 man2/seteuid.2 | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/man2/seteuid.2 b/man2/seteuid.2
index 312ed1f9e002..0eae04f79fc9 100644
--- a/man2/seteuid.2
+++ b/man2/seteuid.2
@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@ .SS C library/kernel differences
 and
 .BR setegid ()
 are implemented as library functions that call, respectively,
-.BR setreuid (2)
+.BR setresuid (2)
 and
-.BR setregid (2).
+.BR setresgid (2).
 .SH STANDARDS
 POSIX.1-2008.
 .SH HISTORY

base-commit: 452f15569fc3cb1697b6482754dd51a56fcab970
prerequisite-patch-id: 79eb7cb4939079d7fa9f00007856784f30801886
-- 
2.43.0

Re: [PATCH] seteuid.2: glibc implements seteuid calling setresuid, not setreuid

[Alejandro Colomar]

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Hi Štěpán,

On Wed, Feb 07, 2024 at 09:13:36PM +0100, Štěpán Němec wrote:
> Analogously with set*gid.
> 
> This has been the case since more than two decades, e.g.:
> 
>   commit eae59a5681a6 glibc-2.3.2-793-geae59a5681a6
>   Commit: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
>   CommitDate: Sun Jun 8 22:37:53 2003 +0000
> 
>   Update.
> 
>           * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/seteuid.c (seteuid): Use setresuid32
>           syscall directly if possible.  If __ASSUME_SETRESUID_SYSCALL is
>           defined drop compatibility code.
>   [...]
> 
> The change in implementation from setreuid/setregid is also
> already mentioned two paragraphs earlier in the same man page.
> 
> Fixes: a36b2bb0eca4 ("seteuid.2: seteuid() and setegid() are implemented as library functions")
> Fixes: 8554dd0324b0 ("seteuid.2: tfix")
> Signed-off-by: Štěpán Němec <stepnem@smrk.net>

Patch applied.  Thanks.

Have a lovely day!
Alex

> ---
>  man2/seteuid.2 | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man2/seteuid.2 b/man2/seteuid.2
> index 312ed1f9e002..0eae04f79fc9 100644
> --- a/man2/seteuid.2
> +++ b/man2/seteuid.2
> @@ -117,9 +117,9 @@ .SS C library/kernel differences
>  and
>  .BR setegid ()
>  are implemented as library functions that call, respectively,
> -.BR setreuid (2)
> +.BR setresuid (2)
>  and
> -.BR setregid (2).
> +.BR setresgid (2).
>  .SH STANDARDS
>  POSIX.1-2008.
>  .SH HISTORY
> 
> base-commit: 452f15569fc3cb1697b6482754dd51a56fcab970
> prerequisite-patch-id: 79eb7cb4939079d7fa9f00007856784f30801886
> -- 
> 2.43.0
> 

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