[gpm] [patch] make sure changing gid/uid actually works

[Nico Schottelius]

Applied

Mike Frysinger [Tue, May 03, 2005 at 10:40:27PM -0400]:
> here's a small patch to make sure setgid/setuid actually worked
> 
> --- src/prog/gpm-root.y
> +++ src/prog/gpm-root.y
> @@ -433,9 +433,10 @@
>  /*====================================================================*/
>  void f__fix(struct passwd *pass)
>  {
> -   setgid(pass->pw_gid);
> -   initgroups(pass->pw_name, pass->pw_gid);
> -   setuid(pass->pw_uid);
> +   if (setgid(pass->pw_gid) < 0 ||
> +       initgroups(pass->pw_name, pass->pw_gid) < 0 ||
> +       setuid(pass->pw_uid) < 0)
> +   exit(1);
>     setenv("HOME",    pass->pw_dir, 1);
>     setenv("LOGNAME", pass->pw_name,1);
>     setenv("USER",    pass->pw_name,1);
> 
> -mike
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