On Sat, Nov 30, 2002 at 04:36:42PM -0600, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > I have not read the exim source, but do try setting your real > user/group identities to the mail user/group (=8 on Debian) before the > system call. (man setuid, man setgid) It might work out.
Hey man, you rock! That works. I inserted setuid(8);setgid(8); and we're off. (With the executable still setuid root, of course.) I had previously tried with the executable both setuid and setgid mail, and it didn't work. I take it that that would only change the effective user ID, which is not enough to fool exim. > Better still, use sudo and you will not have to do any C programming :-) Even for your set real u/gid trick? - given that there's no setgid(1), and setuid(1) doesn't let you set the gid as well? And it can manage that without being a security hole? That's pretty neat. Thanks, Pigeon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
