>>>>> "Joe" == Joe Marcus Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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Joe> The setuid privileges are dropped once initialization is done since
GTK+
Joe> apps cannot run set[ug]id. If they could, or if
gnome-screesaver-dialog
Joe> was not a GTK+ app, this wouldn't be a problem.
Thanks for the explanation, but I've a little doubt here, I saw
implementation of gtk_init_with_args()[1]. So I also noticed that it
checks for calling process to be set{uid,gid} and terminates if it is.
So, even if application drops superuser privileges before
gtk_init_with_args(), then how is it be able to access
/etc/passwd.master ?
References:
[1] -
http://svn.gnome.org/viewvc/gtk%2B/trunk/gtk/gtkmain.c?revision=19481&view=markup
TIA
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Ashish Shukla आशीष शुक्ल http://wahjava.wordpress.com/
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