Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 02:40:33 -0500 (EST) From: Benjamin Kaduk <kaduk@MIT.EDU> To: Manolis Kiagias <sonic2000gr@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 3.4 SetUID issues (correction) Message-ID: <alpine.GSO.1.10.1112040239080.882@multics.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <4EDB234C.6020306@gmail.com> References: <CA%2BQvbrLhdU9JcPo9W%2BDbUGVeqpmXHFCWd3b51kvLAL-Nh_gS7Q@mail.gmail.com> <CAGH67wTOq37nnGF99hmNh%2BMf=N3oUXrqmUYfSE6OSaCDO_nuDw@mail.gmail.com> <4EDB234C.6020306@gmail.com>
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On Sun, 4 Dec 2011, Manolis Kiagias wrote: > On 4/12/2011 12:47 πμ, Garrett Cooper wrote: >> On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 2:22 PM, Steve Craver<scraver@gsd-usa.com> wrote: >>> http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/developers-handbook/secure-setuid.html >>> >>> There is an instance of *setuid* that is spelled *seteuid*. >> Agreed. Just to make things clear: >> >> s/In particular, all seteuid application/In particular, all setuid >> application/ >> >> Thanks! >> -Garrett > > Seteuid also appears on the <indexterm> of the section so it is probably not > a coincidence. Seteuid is a valid term (set effective user id) and it might > be what the original author actually meant, but I'm not sure. I was just considering such a reply but tried to reach Garrett on IRC, first. In any case, I would propose changing the text to say "all applications which change user or group IDs", as the sentiment holds for a broad set of cases. -Ben
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