Giuliano Gagliardi wrote:
Hello,
I have a server that has to switch to different user ids, but because it does
other complex things, I would rather not have it run as root. I only need the
server to be able to switch to certain pre-defined user ids.
I have seen that two possible solutions have already been suggested here on
the LKML, but it was some years ago, and nothing like it has been
implemented.
(1) Having supplementary user ids like there are supplementary group ids and
system calls getuids() and setuids() that work like getgroups() and
setgroups()
(2) Allowing processes to pass user and group ids via sockets.
Both (1) and (2) would solve my problem. Now my question is whether there are
any fundamental flaws with (1) or (2), or whether the right way to solve my
problem is another one.
Changing to a limited set of IDs is interesting, I have never looked at
what happens when a thread does setuid, and neither the man page or a
very quick look at the code tells me. But the portable way is to do the
things needed for init, then fork into three processes and give each a
UID as needed. I would really evaluate the design which made this
necessary, to see if some IPC could be used. Certainly that's more
likely to be portable.
--
Bill Davidsen <[email protected]>
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the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot
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