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Re: [PATCH] Error checking for SETXID (bug 13347)
- From: Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat dot com>
- Cc: GNU C Library <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 14:43:08 +0100
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] Error checking for SETXID (bug 13347)
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On 03/24/2014 04:41 PM, Florian Weimer wrote:
As far as I know, the credentials switching work goes in the other
direction, providing additional per-thread credentials to glibc-based
userspace:
<http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.file-systems/81751>
Probably like most kernel developers, I'm not convinced that the POSIX
semantics are useful.
The credentials switching system call discussion just recommenced:
<http://marc.info/?l=linux-fsdevel&m=139587987829677>
I'll take a breath by sending more mail to that thread. :-/
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Florian Weimer / Red Hat Product Security Team