Perhaps fork() and drop privileges in the child? (and have the child
run /bin/ps and somehow get the output back to the parent)
Does /bin/ps really complain and exit if the effective and real UID's
are not the same?
Karl Runge
On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Bruce McCulley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've got a problem with an app that has to run setuid and needs to chew
> up the output returned from a "ps" command. Problem is that the output
> that is being returned is exactly "This /bin/ps is not secure for setuid
> operation" which doesn't exactly suffice to meet the app requirements.
> Right now I haven't come up with any easy and obvious solution, can
> anyone suggest one? One constraint is that the app is a complex
> multi-platform package that would be a bit of a bear to change, so the
> ideal solution would be something that can be easily be isolated and
> packaged external to the app itself. Any ideas or suggestions will be
> gratefully appreciated! THANKS!
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