> There is a macro "suser" in older kernels that did something like
>
> return (current ->uid == 0)
>
> which is now replaced by capabilities stuff. That capabilities stuff
> is much better.
>
> Replacing that macro with
>
> return (current->uid == root_uid)
couldn't be better to use a something like this???
if (current->uid == 0) {
return 0;
} else {
return root_uid;
}
also that way, maybe, INIT will not start to complain if uid 0 is not
the power/super user...
the BIG BIG problem about this, is that script kiddies will still able
to run exploits and so on....
as i say before i'm not a programmer, and my knowledge of C is limited...
but i read the original message and i just thought it could be interesting
to say it..
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