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| author | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2005-10-28 16:57:37 +0000 |
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| committer | Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com> | 2005-10-28 16:57:37 +0000 |
| commit | bb40bc01bd15f85ef28e4325d592ff682189cb3d (patch) | |
| tree | 16a59032fd5979b0a33461b0e40eeee0a122c2bb /man2 | |
| parent | 6e1ffb98178deb762bb84be36d36847738e29bd9 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-bb40bc01bd15f85ef28e4325d592ff682189cb3d.tar.gz | |
Add text to note that setresuid() always modifies the file
system UID, and setresgid() likewise always modifies the
file system GID.
Diffstat (limited to 'man2')
| -rw-r--r-- | man2/setresuid.2 | 9 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/man2/setresuid.2 b/man2/setresuid.2 index 1023c376ad..96b9750be3 100644 --- a/man2/setresuid.2 +++ b/man2/setresuid.2 @@ -51,10 +51,15 @@ saved set-user-ID to arbitrary values. If one of the parameters equals \-1, the corresponding value is not changed. +Regardless of what changes are made to the real UID, effective UID, +and saved set-user-ID, the file system UID is always set to the same +value as the (possibly new) effective UID. + Completely analogously, .BR setresgid () sets the real GID, effective GID, and saved set-group-ID -of the current process, +of the current process (and always modifies the file system GID +to be the same as the effective GID), with the same restrictions for non-privileged processes. .SH "RETURN VALUE" @@ -85,6 +90,8 @@ provided _GNU_SOURCE is defined. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR getresuid (2), .BR getuid (2), +.BR setfsuid (2), +.BR setfsgid (2), .BR setreuid (2), .BR setuid (2), .BR capabilities (7) |