Annotation of src/usr.bin/ssh/uidswap.h, Revision 1.3
1.1 deraadt 1: /*
1.3 ! markus 2: *
1.2 deraadt 3: * uidswap.h
1.3 ! markus 4: *
1.2 deraadt 5: * Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
1.3 ! markus 6: *
1.2 deraadt 7: * Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
8: * All rights reserved
1.3 ! markus 9: *
1.2 deraadt 10: * Created: Sat Sep 9 01:43:15 1995 ylo
11: * Last modified: Sat Sep 9 02:34:04 1995 ylo
1.3 ! markus 12: *
1.2 deraadt 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 */