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Subject: How do you tell (within the kernel) if we started setuid?
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From: Stephen Hocking-Senior Programmer PGS Tensor Perth <shocking@prth.pgs.com>
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If you're executing a program that was started setuid root but has 
subsequently given up its privileges, is there anyway to tell if it was 
originally set uid?


	Stephen


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