Annotation of src/usr.bin/ssh/uidswap.h, Revision 1.4
1.1 deraadt 1: /*
1.2 deraadt 2: * Author: Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>
3: * Copyright (c) 1995 Tatu Ylonen <ylo@cs.hut.fi>, Espoo, Finland
4: * All rights reserved
1.3 markus 5: *
1.4 ! deraadt 6: * As far as I am concerned, the code I have written for this software
! 7: * can be used freely for any purpose. Any derived versions of this
! 8: * software must be clearly marked as such, and if the derived work is
! 9: * incompatible with the protocol description in the RFC file, it must be
! 10: * called by a name other than "ssh" or "Secure Shell".
1.2 deraadt 11: */
1.1 deraadt 12:
13: #ifndef UIDSWAP_H
14: #define UIDSWAP_H
15:
1.2 deraadt 16: /*
17: * Temporarily changes to the given uid. If the effective user id is not
18: * root, this does nothing. This call cannot be nested.
19: */
20: void temporarily_use_uid(uid_t uid);
21:
22: /*
23: * Restores the original effective user id after temporarily_use_uid().
24: * This should only be called while temporarily_use_uid is effective.
25: */
26: void restore_uid();
27:
28: /*
29: * Permanently sets all uids to the given uid. This cannot be called while
30: * temporarily_use_uid is effective. This must also clear any saved uids.
31: */
32: void permanently_set_uid(uid_t uid);
1.1 deraadt 33:
1.2 deraadt 34: #endif /* UIDSWAP_H */