Re: [PATCH] new setprocuid syscall

From: Peter Samuelson (peter@cadcamlab.org)
Date: Tue Feb 20 2001 - 08:11:15 EST


[Alan Cox]
> There is an assumption in the kernel that only the task changes its
> own uid and other related data.

Fair enough but could you explain the potential problems? And how is
it different from sys_setpriority?

Peter
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