Annotation of src/usr.bin/ssh/uidswap.h, Revision 1.2
1.1 deraadt 1: /*
1.2 ! deraadt 2: *
! 3: * uidswap.h
! 4: *
! 5: * Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
! 6: *
! 7: * Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
! 8: * All rights reserved
! 9: *
! 10: * Created: Sat Sep 9 01:43:15 1995 ylo
! 11: * Last modified: Sat Sep 9 02:34:04 1995 ylo
! 12: *
! 13: */
1.1 deraadt 14:
15: #ifndef UIDSWAP_H
16: #define UIDSWAP_H
17:
1.2 ! deraadt 18: /*
! 19: * Temporarily changes to the given uid. If the effective user id is not
! 20: * root, this does nothing. This call cannot be nested.
! 21: */
! 22: void temporarily_use_uid(uid_t uid);
! 23:
! 24: /*
! 25: * Restores the original effective user id after temporarily_use_uid().
! 26: * This should only be called while temporarily_use_uid is effective.
! 27: */
! 28: void restore_uid();
! 29:
! 30: /*
! 31: * Permanently sets all uids to the given uid. This cannot be called while
! 32: * temporarily_use_uid is effective. This must also clear any saved uids.
! 33: */
! 34: void permanently_set_uid(uid_t uid);
1.1 deraadt 35:
1.2 ! deraadt 36: #endif /* UIDSWAP_H */