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Security fix.

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Richard Frith-MacDonald 2000-03-18 13:07:45 +00:00
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@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
2000-03-18 Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
* Tools/gdomap.c: Become an unpriveliged user after binding to
port 538 (for which we need to be root). This should relieve
some security considerations.
2000-03-18 Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
* Source/NSNumber.m: Added private methods from concrete class.

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@ -1173,6 +1173,19 @@ init_ports()
exit(1);
}
/*
* Try to become a 'safe' user now that we have
* done everything that needs root priv.
*/
if (getuid () != 0)
{
setuid (getuid ());
}
else
{
setuid (-1);
}
/*
* Set up masks to say we are interested in these descriptors.
*/
@ -2984,7 +2997,6 @@ main(int argc, char** argv)
printf(" tcp_foreign, udp_foreign.\n");
printf("-U name unregister name locally then quit.\n");
printf("-a file use config file for interface list.\n");
printf("-p disable udp broadcast for probe\n");
printf("-c file use config file for probe.\n");
printf("-d extra debug logging.\n");
printf("-f avoid fork() to make debugging easy\n");