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| author | ache <ache@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-09-03 11:32:01 +0000 |
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| committer | ache <ache@FreeBSD.org> | 1996-09-03 11:32:01 +0000 |
| commit | 8e6a325bf4daa0ecd0491d91e932c388d819ce57 (patch) | |
| tree | a2cf102428af66a9d484580056f9db956055c263 /lib/libc/sys/setuid.2 | |
| parent | 90c8dabe7588131ee6be60c91c7778b0372d1154 (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-8e6a325bf4daa0ecd0491d91e932c388d819ce57.zip FreeBSD-src-8e6a325bf4daa0ecd0491d91e932c388d819ce57.tar.gz | |
Describe POSIX saved IDs behaviour better
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/sys/setuid.2')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/libc/sys/setuid.2 | 24 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/setuid.2 b/lib/libc/sys/setuid.2 index 519a937..9ea326e 100644 --- a/lib/libc/sys/setuid.2 +++ b/lib/libc/sys/setuid.2 @@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" @(#)setuid.2 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/4/93 -.\" $Id: setuid.2,v 1.2 1996/08/29 21:24:16 wosch Exp $ +.\" $Id: setuid.2,v 1.3 1996/09/01 22:42:13 ache Exp $ .\" .Dd June 4, 1993 .Dt SETUID 2 @@ -59,8 +59,15 @@ function sets the real and effective user IDs and the saved set-user-ID of the current process to the specified value. -.\" Comment out next line for !_POSIX_SAVED_IDS -The real user ID and the saved set-user-ID are changed only if the effective user ID is that of the super user. +.\" Comment out next block for !_POSIX_SAVED_IDS +The real user ID and the saved set-user-ID are changed only if the +effective user ID is that of the super user. +I.e. +.Fn setuid +function is equal to +.Fn seteuid +function if the effective user ID is not that of the super user. +.\" End of block The .Fn setuid function is permitted if the specified ID is equal to the real user ID @@ -74,8 +81,15 @@ function sets the real and effective group IDs and the saved set-group-ID of the current process to the specified value. -.\" Comment out next line for !_POSIX_SAVED_IDS -The real group ID and the saved set-group-ID are changed only if the effective user ID is that of the super user. +.\" Comment out next block for !_POSIX_SAVED_IDS +The real group ID and the saved set-group-ID are changed only if the +effective user ID is that of the super user. +I.e. +.Fn setgid +function is equal to +.Fn setegid +function if the effective user ID is not that of the super user. +.\" End of block The .Fn setgid function is permitted if the specified ID is equal to the real group ID |
