Corinna Vinschen schrieb am 2001-05-04, 21:02:
> 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?
Yes, after these problems this evening, i read through...
I'll try to comment it out for the first time,
thank you again.
gph
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