Asri-unix.461 net.unix-wizards utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!menlo70!sri-unix!lauren@UCLA-Security Thu Jan 7 23:11:03 1982 changing user id's From: lauren at UCLA-Security (Lauren Weinstein) Given a process whose real uid != 0 and whose effective uid == 0 ... What would be the CLEANEST manner to allow that process to TEMPORARILY act as if its effective uid were set to equal its real uid? To put it another way, what would be the cleanest change to the kernel (such as a new system call or mods to setuid) that would allow a process to temporarily act as if it had lower privs than it really does, but still get its full privs back later if it needs to? Any suggestions would be welcomed. Thanks . --Lauren-- ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.