Re: BEWARE! Linux seteuid is broken!
Alan Cox (alan@cymru.net)
Mon, 17 Jun 1996 15:34:44 +0100 (BST)
> > setfsuid() is used very effectively by the user mode nfsd and by troll tech
> > ftpd.
> I do not know about troll tech ftpd, but nfsd improvement was ridiculously
> small. Do not forget also, that I use secure RPC so that I am deemed
> to reset euid to super-user accepting any incoming request.
It stops lusers killing off nfsd for one