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Date:	Fri, 17 Jan 2003 13:01:31 +0100
From:	Corinna Vinschen <vinschen AT redhat DOT com>
To:	Cygwin-Developers <cygwin-developers AT cygwin DOT com>
Subject:	Re: setregid() and setreuid() implementation proposal
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On Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 02:01:19PM -0500, Jason Tishler wrote:
> Is the following simplistic setregid() implementation acceptable?
> 
>     extern "C" int
>     setregid (__gid16_t rgid, __gid16_t egid)
>     {
>       if (rgid != -1)
>         {
>           set_errno (EINVAL);
>           return -1;
>         }
>       return setegid (egid);
>     }
> 
> And, likewise for setreuid()?
> 
> If so, then I will submit the corresponding patch.

I think it's a start...  but I would appreciate if you implement
the appropriate setre[ug]id32 calls plus the setre[ug]id wrapper.

What about

        if (rgid != -1)
	  if (rgid == egid)
	    return setuid (rgid);
        
?

Corinna

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