Re: Re: [UnixOS2] libc

On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 07:46:21 -0700, Ilya Zakharevich wrote:

>> There are some multi-user additions being developped, so setuid might well
>> be able to get a uid != 0 in the not so distant future.

>???  We were discussing *existing* programs, did not we?

If we want to make "old programs work better without recompile" and
OS/2 gets multi-user capable, setuid won't be a dummy function any
longer, and will return the real uid. Some existing ports can't handle
that added functionality. Either we leave the old setuid dummy for old
programs (no improvement for existing programs), or we change the
setuid (some existing programs cease to work correctly).

Sebastian