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Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 21:56:50 -0400
From: parv <parv_@yahoo.com>
To: Milo Hyson <milo@cyberlifelabs.com>
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Subject: Re: looking  for _readable_ tfm on real/effective/saved/set u/gid
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this was, on the fateful occasion around Aug 20 21:26 -0400,
sent by Milo Hyson                                                   
>
> On Monday 20 August 2001 05:34 pm, parv wrote:
> > can anybody point me to readable manuals/articles/etc on real/effective
> > uid/gid?
> 
> Here's a link to a simple little explanation that I wrote:
> 
> 	http://www.cyberlifelabs.com/library/unix/real-vs-effective-uid-gid.html
> 
> I hope it's not too technical. Let me know if you want more information.

no it wasn't. quite good enough for me to start understand.

where do the ps options "svgid" and "svuid" (saved gid/uid from
a setgid/setuid executable) figure in in grand scheme of things?



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