On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 07:35:43PM +0200, Gerrit P. Haase wrote:
>
> That is dubios...
> will it work if i set ntsec and ntea?
>
> root@ISMENE ~
> $ id
> uid=500(root) gid=544(root) groups=544(root)
>
> root@ISMENE ~
> $ /usr/sbin/fetchnews -vvv
> /usr/sbin/fetchnews: must be run as news or root
>
>
> >From the source:
>
> setgid( pw->pw_gid );
> setuid( pw->pw_uid );
> if ( getuid() = pw->pw_uid || getgid() = pw->pw_gid ) {
^^^ ^^^
These both shouldn't work here.
> fprintf( stderr, "%s: must be run as news or root\n", progname );
> return FALSE;
> }
>
> Is getuid or getgid not working on cygwin?
Nope, it's setuid which can't change the user context without
a password. Result: The uid isn't changed...
Did you read the ntsec chapter in the users guide?
Corinna
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