Ian Jackson <ian.jack...@citrix.com> writes:
> Markus Armbruster writes ("Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 08/12] os-posix: Provide
> new -runas <uid>:<gid> facility"):
>> Ian Jackson <ian.jack...@citrix.com> writes:
>> > That would defer the getpwnam from argument parsing to os_setup_post.
>> > I think that's undesriable.
>>
>> No argument. But why can't os_parse_cmd_args() call getpwnam() as it
>> does now, then store user_pwd->pw_uid, ->pw_gid and ->pw_name instead of
>> user_pwd? Store a null name when it parses the argument as UID:GID.
>
> Oh, I see. It seems less obvious to me than what I have done, but I
> can do it like that if you like.
I just wanted to toss out the idea. Please use your judgenment and do
it the way you like better.
