From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To: Ivan Zahariev <famzah@icdsoft.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: EUID != root + EGID = root, and CAP_SETGID
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:04:49 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2r5r1lnry.fsf@igel.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4B222C3D.2070807@icdsoft.com> (Ivan Zahariev's message of "Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:25:49 +0200")
Ivan Zahariev <famzah@icdsoft.com> writes:
> As a result, such a process cannot change its EGID to an arbitrary one,
> even though the current EGID is the super-user "root" one.
There is no such thing as a "super-user group". No group has any
special privleges.
Andreas.
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-12-11 11:25 EUID != root + EGID = root, and CAP_SETGID Ivan Zahariev
2009-12-11 12:04 ` Andreas Schwab [this message]
2009-12-13 5:19 ` David Wagner
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