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I put setuid(uid) in my program that runs as root but I need it to run as a normal user & nothing happens i.e. it continues running as root

Samantha Catania
– Samantha Catania

2011-09-23 07:10:00 +00:00
Commented Sep 23, 2011 at 7:10
You probably need to catch the errors from it then(maybe you are getting an EINVAL for the uid). Its unlikely setuid is broken on your machine you can verify by seeing if apache is running as _www. Programmer docs: developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Darwin/Reference/…

polynomial
– polynomial

2011-09-23 07:15:18 +00:00
Commented Sep 23, 2011 at 7:15
you're right it gives a syntax error from the uid even though it is correct. is this the right format setuid(500)?

Samantha Catania
– Samantha Catania

2011-09-23 07:19:59 +00:00
Commented Sep 23, 2011 at 7:19
found the problem: I was trying to run the command through system() but I just run the command it work & solved my problem; thx for the help

Samantha Catania
– Samantha Catania

2011-09-23 07:29:15 +00:00
Commented Sep 23, 2011 at 7:29
No. This is not good advice: calling setuid() alone is absolutely not enough.

Nicholas Wilson
– Nicholas Wilson

2013-02-22 22:35:36 +00:00
Commented Feb 22, 2013 at 22:35

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