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Diffstat (limited to 'devel/uid_wrapper/pkg-descr')
| -rw-r--r-- | devel/uid_wrapper/pkg-descr | 24 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/devel/uid_wrapper/pkg-descr b/devel/uid_wrapper/pkg-descr index 6bfb8a7dc4ad..a358f77c39fb 100644 --- a/devel/uid_wrapper/pkg-descr +++ b/devel/uid_wrapper/pkg-descr @@ -1,15 +1,13 @@ -- Allows uid switching as a normal user. +Some projects, such as a file server, need privilege separation to be able to +switch to the user who owns the files and do file operations on their behalf. +uid_wrapper convincingly lies to the application, letting it believe it is +operating as root and even switching between UIDs and GIDs as needed. You can +start any application making it believe it is running as root. +Features: +- Allows uid switching as a normal user. - Start any application making it believe it is running as root. - -- Support for user/group changing in the local thread using the syscalls - (like glibc). - -- More precisely this library intercepts seteuid and related calls, and - simulates them in a manner similar to the nss_wrapper and socket_wrapper - libraries. - -Some projects like a file server need privilege separation to be able to switch -to the connection user and do file operations. uid_wrapper convincingly lies to -the application letting it believe it is operating as root and even switching -between UIDs and GIDs as needed. +- Support for user/group changing in the local thread using the syscalls (like + glibc). +- uid_wrapper intercepts seteuid(2) and related calls and simulates them in a + way transparent to the application |