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From: Joseph Koshy <joseph.koshy@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: How to check root powers on a struct proc ?
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> I am trying to check that a process (struct proc) has root=20
> powers when it calls my KLD system call.

Don't you get a 'struct thread *' as an argument to your
system call entry point?

The 'flag' argument to suser_cred(9) is documented in its
manual page.

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