Re: Environment/permissions on NSTask-launched app

FROM : Brad Peterson
DATE : Thu Jul 20 02:17:04 2006

Hi,

I'll try that, thank you. What value would you suggest
for setuid()? Should I just use 501 again?

Thanks,

B

--- Sherm Pendley <<email_removed>> wrote:

> 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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