On Mon, 29 Oct 2007, Denys Vlasenko wrote: > It also has "can select duplicate uid" bug fixed too: > > /* check for a free uid (and maybe gid) */ > while (getpwuid(p->pw_uid) || (!p->pw_gid && getgrgid(p->pw_uid))) > p->pw_uid++; > > BTW, why are we setting setgid bit here? > > chmod(pw.pw_dir, 02755) /* set setgid bit on homedir */ > > I vaguely remember that it means something for the creation of new files. > Right?
New files will take the group from the directory, rather than the gid of the creating process. Google is still your friend: http://www.google.com/search?q=setgid+directory+permissions -- Charlie _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list busybox@busybox.net http://busybox.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/busybox
