Re: Environment/permissions on NSTask-launched app

FROM : Sherm Pendley
DATE : Wed Jul 19 19:41:49 2006

On Jul 18, 2006, at 9:35 PM, Brad Peterson wrote:

> I've confirmed that the sub-task isn't running as root
> (though I don't know why that would make a difference)
> by logging the results of a getgid() call. (501 was
> the result.)


Getgid() gets the group id. And, it gets the *real* group id, not the 
effective group id, which is what running with elevated group 
privileges would change.

Getuid() and geteuid() report the real and effective user id, and you 
can use setuid() to lower the privileges of a running app, if you 
need to.

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