[PD] Pd-0.39.2-extended-rc4 released on ubuntu

Mathieu Bouchard matju at artengine.ca
Sat Jul 14 00:34:12 CEST 2007


On Fri, 13 Jul 2007, pd-list-request at iem.at wrote:

> Pd does a "seteuid(setuid())" to un-get root priveliges if run as
> setuid, after its priority gets promoted, so that it runs as the
> user who started it.  But there are apparently loopholes, as Mathieu
> has found.

what you mean is that your pd does a seteuid(getuid()).

What you need to know is that my pd does a setuid(getuid()) instead.

You can find the relevant information by consulting:

   man setuid

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