Date: Thu, 06 Aug 1998 14:44:43 +0200
From: Antonio Nati <A.Nati@cisco.it>
To: Brandon Lockhart <brandon@engulf.net>
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: system ("makemap") error...
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In 08.02 06/08/98 -0400, hai scritto:
>How are you SU'ing it to root?
>
The final errore code is shifted 8 bit, so it is 73 * 256 (73 = EX_CANTCREAT).
Makemap contains a check on the output file ("/etc/virtusertable.db").
It checks if user may write to "/etc/virtusertable.db" (using getuid for
user uid).
In my case it decides it has not the correct uid.
Changing the owner of "/etc/virtusertable.db" to httpd's uid makes all the
joke work.
Now I'm wondering about:
1) does "system ()" pass the su'ed uid to the executed command?
2) is it correct that makemap checks getuid and not instead geteuid?
I would like to avoid to make too much chmode in the program.
Tonino
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