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Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2009 13:04:49 +0100 From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@...ux-m68k.org> To: Ivan Zahariev <famzah@...soft.com> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: EUID != root + EGID = root, and CAP_SETGID Ivan Zahariev <famzah@...soft.com> writes: > As a result, such a process cannot change its EGID to an arbitrary one, > even though the current EGID is the super-user "root" one. There is no such thing as a "super-user group". No group has any special privleges. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@...ux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different." -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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