Re: [PATCH] pam_exec questions and possible patch

[Thorsten Kukuk <kukuk suse de>]

On Mon, Mar 26, Aaron Cohen wrote:

> Thorsten, please read the setuid(2) man page!
> 
> DESCRIPTION
>       setuid() sets the effective user ID of the current process.  If
> the effective UID of the caller is root, the real UID and saved
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> set-user-ID are also set.
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The effective UID of setuid root applications like passwd is root.
So the real user ID will be set.

  Thorsten


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