Re: [PATCH] Prevent setting 32 uids/gids in the error range

From: tridge@samba.org
Date: Tue Feb 18 2003 - 00:02:39 EST

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> AFAICT, glibc (2.3.1) gets this wrong, and interprets 0xffffffff
> return from geteuid() as an error (ie. it's not just an strace bug).
> Tested by Tridge.

In case anyone wants it, a simple test program is at
http://samba.org/ftp/unpacked/junkcode/getegid.c
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