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From: chip@ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: Setuid(geteuid()), help
Keywords: setuid, geteuid
Message-ID: <1989Jun15.160916.111@ateng.com>
Date: 15 Jun 89 16:09:16 GMT
References: <197@ajfcal.UUCP>
Organization: A T Engineering, Tampa, FL
Lines: 14

According to tony@ajfcal.UUCP (Tony Field):
>System: Xenix 2.2.3/386.
>Is there any way to do a   setuid(geteuid())   when geteuid() != 0  ???

No.

Not only does "setuid(geteuid())" fail, but under SCO Xenix 2.3.1 at least,
it returns ZERO when it fails.

"Error codes?  We don't need no stinking error codes!"
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