[plug] setuid etc

[Russell Steicke]

On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 04:58:07PM +0800, Carl Gherardi wrote:
...
> The EUID set but the api doesn't actually set the UID, so I wrote a little
> program to make sure what was launched had EUID and UID set correctly.
> 
> I just wondered whether there was a unix app that did this already.

You said your problem is solved, but in case anyone else is looking for
an answer to this question:

su(1) can do that, but I have no idea what it does with uids on OS X.

  $ su root ./uids
  Password:
  uid=0
  euid=0
  $

So, with sudo:

  $ sudo su root ./uids
  uid=0
  euid=0
  $



-- 
Russell Steicke

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