Re: UID <-> GID mixup in 4.1beta[12]?

To: peter.stamfest@eunet.at (Peter Stamfest)
Subject: Re: flexfax: UID <-> GID mixup in 4.1beta[12]?
From: David Woolley <david@djwhome.demon.co.uk>
Cc: flexfax@sgi.com
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 08:18:01 +0100 (BST)

> faxd/faxApp.c++:        if (setegid(pwd->pw_uid) < 0)
>                                 ^           ^^^

Remember that user ids in the Hylafax hosts file are represented
as Unix group ids.  If the pwd record comes from that file, this
code is correct; if it comes from /etc/passwd, it is wrong.

References:
- UID <-> GID mixup in 4.1beta[12]?
  - From: Peter Stamfest <peter.stamfest@eunet.at>

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