|> I wonder if it would be a good idea to introduce a setuids() call that
|> behaves a bit like like setgroups(), in that it would be possible
|> with setuid() to switch between the uids.
[...]
|> Is there any OS that already implements something like this which we
|> can model it after, or is there a way to tie this into the capability
|> system (I can't see how), or is this a plain stupid idea :/
AFAIK the Hurd has this.
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