> > That is a valid concern, but the code doesn't actually prevent this.
>
> After reading the setuid man page a third time, I think you are right.
>
> On machines that have setreuid(), or even better setresuid(), we could
> force the ruid (and suid for good measure) to match euid. Otherwise we
> probably should refuse to start unless getuid matches geteuid.
>
> Hmm ... setresuid may be an HP-ism ... does anyone else have that?
> setreuid appears to be a BSD-ism, so it ought to be reasonably popular.
I have setreuid on BSD/OS, no setresuid.
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