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author | Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@eu.citrix.com> | 2017-09-15 18:10:44 +0100 |
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committer | Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@eu.citrix.com> | 2018-04-26 16:29:51 +0100 |
commit | 2c42f1e80103cb926c0703d4c1ac1fb9c3e2c600 (patch) | |
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os-posix: Provide new -runas <uid>:<gid> facility
This allows the caller to specify a uid and gid to use, even if there
is no corresponding password entry. This will be useful in certain
Xen configurations.
We don't support just -runas <uid> because: (i) deprivileging without
calling setgroups would be ineffective (ii) given only a uid we don't
know what gid we ought to use (since uids may eppear in multiple
passwd file entries with different gids).
Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@eu.citrix.com>
Reviewed-by: Anthony PERARD <anthony.perard@citrix.com>
CC: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@redhat.com>
CC: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
CC: Daniel P. Berrange <berrange@redhat.com>
CC: Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru>
Reviewed-by: Markus Armbruster <armbru@redhat.com>
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