ssh setuid changes.

Ben Lindstrom mouring at etoh.eviladmin.org
Wed Jun 12 02:34:45 EST 2002


On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, Ben Lindstrom wrote:

>
> Ok, I'm doing a heads up here.
>
> I just applied:
>
>    - markus at cvs.openbsd.org 2002/06/11 04:14:26
>      [ssh.c sshconnect.c sshconnect.h]
>      no longer use uidswap.[ch] from the ssh client
>      run less code with euid==0 if ssh is installed setuid root
>      just switch the euid, don't switch the complete set of groups
>      (this is only needed by sshd). ok provos@
>
>
>
> A few comments about this..
>
> 1. I bet dollars to donuts that platforms with problems recovering from
> set[e]uid() changes (NeXT,etc).
>
Umm..I should continue with my ideas before hitting the next point.=)  the
bet is that it will require fix up.=)

- Ben




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