Re: UIDs and GIDs in struct task_struct

2009-06-17 Thread Matthias Kaehlcke
El Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 07:53:32AM +0530 Onkar ha dit: >Why are there so many uids and gids in > > struct task_struct { > >What is the significance and in which situation we use uid,euid,suid,fsuid >and gid,egid,sgid,fsgid ? >any pointers on this ... r

Re: UIDs and GIDs in struct task_struct

2009-06-17 Thread SandeepKsinha
Hey Tharindu, On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:39 PM, Tharindu Rukshan Bamunuarachchi wrote: > What is the kernel version you are referring to  ... > > i thought all uid/gid etc ... are moved to "struct cred" ... > > http://lxr.linux.no/linux+v2.6.29/include/linux/cred.h#L114 > > No issues with the ker

Re: UIDs and GIDs in struct task_struct

2009-06-17 Thread Razvan Deaconescu
On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 12:39 +0530, Tharindu Rukshan Bamunuarachchi wrote: > What is the kernel version you are referring to ... I wasn't referring to a specific kernel version. I gave you a hint where you could find detailed information related to uid, euid & friends. Razvan -- To unsubscribe

Re: UIDs and GIDs in struct task_struct

2009-06-17 Thread Tharindu Rukshan Bamunuarachchi
What is the kernel version you are referring to ... i thought all uid/gid etc ... are moved to "struct cred" ... http://lxr.linux.no/linux+v2.6.29/include/linux/cred.h#L114 cheers On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 10:04 AM, Razvan Deaconescu wrote: > On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 07:53 +0530, Onkar wrote: >>

Re: UIDs and GIDs in struct task_struct

2009-06-16 Thread Razvan Deaconescu
On Wed, 2009-06-17 at 07:53 +0530, Onkar wrote: > What is the significance and in which situation we use > uid,euid,suid,fsuid and gid,egid,sgid,fsgid ? > any pointers on this ... man credentials (go to "User and Group Identifiers") Razvan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "u

Re: UIDs and GIDs in struct task_struct

2009-06-16 Thread SandeepKsinha
Hi Onkar, On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 7:53 AM, Onkar wrote: > > Why are there so many uids and gids in > > struct task_struct { > -- > -- >     uid_t uid,euid,suid,fsuid; >     gid_t gid,egid,sgid,fsgid; > -- > -- > } > > What is the significance and in whi

UIDs and GIDs in struct task_struct

2009-06-16 Thread Onkar
Why are there so many uids and gids in struct task_struct { -- -- uid_t uid,euid,suid,fsuid; gid_t gid,egid,sgid,fsgid; -- -- } What is the significance and in which situation we use uid,euid,suid,fsuid and gid,egid,sgid,fsgid ? any pointers on this ... Regards, Onkar