> I was just merging 0.41 vanilla into pd-extended 0.40 and noticed > something worthwhile to point out. It seems there isn't a patch > submitted for this, but it is quite simple. Basically, in s_inter.c, > 'seteuid()' is used to lose setuid privileges. As far as I understand > it, seteuid() allows the program to keep the root privilege and switch > back and forth between root and non-root.
hm, why does pd need root privileges, anyway? shouldn't the resource limiting be handled by pam these days? tim -- [email protected] http://tim.klingt.org Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. Confucius _______________________________________________ Pd-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-dev
