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Date: | Mon, 01 Jul 2002 16:55:54 -0400 |
From: | "Pierre A. Humblet" <Pierre DOT Humblet AT ieee DOT org> |
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Subject: | Re: Any ideas with xterm/xfree problem? |
References: | <20020701204140 DOT GA25217 AT redhat DOT com> |
Christopher Faylor wrote: > > Is anyone reading the discussion in cygwin-xfree? If so, I was > wondering if you had any idea what was causing the problem. I assume you mean http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2002-07/msg00009.html Is there any other info? > Out of curiousity, would adding something like: > > if (myself->uid == uid) > return 0; > > to the top of seteuid32 be "wrong"? It seems like xterm is just > calling setuid with its own uid. So, this test would short circuit > that. It used to be that way, but then a new token wasn't created when the gid changed and the uid didn't (in cygwin gid changes are not really effective until the next setuid). > I don't know what would be failing, otherwise to cause this problem. > > cgf Pierre
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