Hi, On Fri, 24.07.2009 at 15:09:23 +0200, Toni Mueller <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a perl script that should work as follows: > * check some parameters > * drop privileges ( $> = ...; $) = ...;)
it turned out that 'top' displayed the "real userid" which I didn't set, while 'ps' displayed the effective userid, which I set like above. This prompts more questions: Why is the "real userid" inherited when using 'fork' while being switched to a different user? -- Kind regards, --Toni++
