Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 12:48:58 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Cc: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>, audit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ping6 fixes Message-ID: <20010510124858.D19855@sunbay.com> In-Reply-To: <20010509203740.A49874@xor.obsecurity.org>; from kris@obsecurity.org on Wed, May 09, 2001 at 08:37:40PM -0700 References: <20010508152816.A58026@sunbay.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0105090401450.12449-100000@besplex.bde.org> <20010509203740.A49874@xor.obsecurity.org>
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On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 08:37:40PM -0700, Kris Kennaway wrote:
> On Wed, May 09, 2001 at 04:20:44AM +1000, Bruce Evans wrote:
>
> > I think I now understand the purpose of seteuid() before seteuid().
>
> Me too. Thanks, all.
>
/me still doesn't.
As I said, this would only be meaningful if:
1) we follow POSIX.1-200x
- and -
2) the process doesn't have "appropriate privilege" initially,
i.e., it's not setuid root (not the case here).
Cheers,
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