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Subject: Re: [PATCH] new setprocuid syscall
To: peter@cadcamlab.org (Peter Samuelson)
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001 11:42:36 +0000 (GMT)
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> +	if (task)
> +		task->fsuid = task->euid = task->suid = task->uid = attr->ia_uid;
> +	read_unlock (&tasklist_lock);

There is an assumption in the kernel that only the task changes its own uid
and other related data.

Alan

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