Re: setuid/setgid question
Randall Gellens <[email protected]>
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At 8:51 AM +0200 9/12/06, Dosztál András wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Sorry if this is a dumb question but why does
> Qpopper need setuid/setgid rights? What happens
> if I disable them with some host based IDS
> (i.e. Novell AppArmor)?
> Thank you in advance for your help.
>
> Regards,
> Andras
Qpopper uses setuid/setgid to drop privileges.
It also uses seteuid/setegid at times.
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