Re: Setting groupIDs within pam_authenticate()

["Daniel Qian | ???" <dan public1 wx js cn>]

I think you need to make the effective uid of the program to be root.
It worked for me

Daniel

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Reeves, Drue" <Drue.Reeves@COMPAQ.com>
To: <pam-list@redhat.com>
Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 6:35 AM
Subject: Setting groupIDs within pam_authenticate()


> Hello.
> 
> I am trying to set the user and group ID's for the user and process currently calling pam_authenticate(). However, when I try to call setgid() or setuid(), the systems tells me that these calls are not allowed at this time. If I use setgroups() then, the function call works but, after the application exits, the user ID is not set properly.
> 
> Anyone know why? Can you set group and user ID's before the user has authenticated inside of the pam_authenticate() call?
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Drue
> 
> 
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