From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 17 Feb 2003 23:52:39 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 17 Feb 2003 23:52:39 -0500 Received: from dp.samba.org ([66.70.73.150]:25747 "EHLO lists.samba.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 17 Feb 2003 23:52:38 -0500 To: rusty@rustcorp.com.au Cc: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, torvalds@transmeta.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, cyeoh@samba.org, sfr@canb.auug.org.au, anton@samba.org, paulus@samba.org, drepper@redhat.com In-reply-to: <20030218040149.17A5D2C04B@lists.samba.org> (message from Rusty Russell on Tue, 18 Feb 2003 15:01:29 +1100) Subject: Re: [PATCH] Prevent setting 32 uids/gids in the error range Reply-To: tridge@samba.org Message-Id: <20030218050239.540F42C04E@lists.samba.org> Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 05:02:39 +0000 (GMT) From: tridge@samba.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > 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