Re: setpeuid(pid_t, uid_t) proposal

[Gianni Tedesco]

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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