In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 02/03/2008
at 04:42 PM, Paul Gilmartin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>But various utilities/applications/services can't be relied on not to do
>a [getuid() followed by a] getpwuid(),
There is no error so dumb that you can't find an application that makes it
:-(
>Summary: Don't do that.
"Obviously we strive not to be in this situation and we always give users
unique uids if possible." suggests that he already knows that. But it
doesn't hurt to emphasize the advice.
--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT
ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html>
We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress.
(S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003)
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