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authormarkm <markm@FreeBSD.org>2000-02-24 14:29:47 +0000
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Vendor import of OpenSSH.
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+/*
+ *
+ * uidswap.h
+ *
+ * Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
+ * All rights reserved
+ *
+ * Created: Sat Sep 9 01:43:15 1995 ylo
+ * Last modified: Sat Sep 9 02:34:04 1995 ylo
+ *
+ */
+
+#ifndef UIDSWAP_H
+#define UIDSWAP_H
+
+/*
+ * Temporarily changes to the given uid. If the effective user id is not
+ * root, this does nothing. This call cannot be nested.
+ */
+void temporarily_use_uid(uid_t uid);
+
+/*
+ * Restores the original effective user id after temporarily_use_uid().
+ * This should only be called while temporarily_use_uid is effective.
+ */
+void restore_uid();
+
+/*
+ * Permanently sets all uids to the given uid. This cannot be called while
+ * temporarily_use_uid is effective. This must also clear any saved uids.
+ */
+void permanently_set_uid(uid_t uid);
+
+#endif /* UIDSWAP_H */
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