Signed-off-by: Shawn Landden <shawn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- man2/seteuid.2 | 4 ++++ man2/setfsgid.2 | 4 ++++ man2/setfsuid.2 | 4 ++++ man2/setgid.2 | 4 ++++ man2/setresuid.2 | 4 ++++ man2/setreuid.2 | 4 ++++ man2/setuid.2 | 4 ++++ 7 files changed, 28 insertions(+) diff --git a/man2/seteuid.2 b/man2/seteuid.2 index 4690fd6..d482570 100644 --- a/man2/seteuid.2 +++ b/man2/seteuid.2 @@ -138,6 +138,10 @@ are implemented as library functions that call, respectively, .BR setreuid (2) and .BR setresgid (2). + +The syscall only sets the credentials of the calling thread. The glibc wrapper +sets up a signal handler so that it effects all threads. This means that you +can use the syscall directly to have differn't credentials on differn't threads. .SH SEE ALSO .BR geteuid (2), .BR setresuid (2), diff --git a/man2/setfsgid.2 b/man2/setfsgid.2 index d1d021d..1451b69 100644 --- a/man2/setfsgid.2 +++ b/man2/setfsgid.2 @@ -120,6 +120,10 @@ least, should be returned when the call fails (because the caller lacks the .B CAP_SETGID capability). + +The syscall only sets the credentials of the calling thread. The glibc wrapper +sets up a signal handler so that it effects all threads. This means that you +can use the syscall directly to have differn't credentials on differn't threads. .SH SEE ALSO .BR kill (2), .BR setfsuid (2), diff --git a/man2/setfsuid.2 b/man2/setfsuid.2 index 57b125e..e04ad78 100644 --- a/man2/setfsuid.2 +++ b/man2/setfsuid.2 @@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ least, should be returned when the call fails (because the caller lacks the .B CAP_SETUID capability). + +The syscall only sets the credentials of the calling thread. The glibc wrapper +sets up a signal handler so that it effects all threads. This means that you +can use the syscall directly to have differn't credentials on differn't threads. .SH SEE ALSO .BR kill (2), .BR setfsgid (2), diff --git a/man2/setgid.2 b/man2/setgid.2 index d9cccd5..0500961 100644 --- a/man2/setgid.2 +++ b/man2/setgid.2 @@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ supporting 32-bit IDs. The glibc .BR setgid () wrapper function transparently deals with the variation across kernel versions. + +The syscall only sets the credentials of the calling thread. The glibc wrapper +sets up a signal handler so that it effects all threads. This means that you +can use the syscall directly to have differn't credentials on differn't threads. .SH SEE ALSO .BR getgid (2), .BR setegid (2), diff --git a/man2/setresuid.2 b/man2/setresuid.2 index 99ab94f..eb97a9d 100644 --- a/man2/setresuid.2 +++ b/man2/setresuid.2 @@ -129,6 +129,10 @@ The glibc and .BR setresgid () wrapper functions transparently deal with the variations across kernel versions. + +The syscall only sets the credentials of the calling thread. The glibc wrapper +sets up a signal handler so that it effects all threads. This means that you +can use the syscall directly to have differn't credentials on differn't threads. .SH SEE ALSO .BR getresuid (2), .BR getuid (2), diff --git a/man2/setreuid.2 b/man2/setreuid.2 index c6597e9..844c5c4 100644 --- a/man2/setreuid.2 +++ b/man2/setreuid.2 @@ -191,6 +191,10 @@ The glibc and .BR setregid () wrapper functions transparently deal with the variations across kernel versions. + +The syscall only sets the credentials of the calling thread. The glibc wrapper +sets up a signal handler so that it effects all threads. This means that you +can use the syscall directly to have differn't credentials on differn't threads. .SH SEE ALSO .BR getgid (2), .BR getuid (2), diff --git a/man2/setuid.2 b/man2/setuid.2 index c6f870e..6a90ae0 100644 --- a/man2/setuid.2 +++ b/man2/setuid.2 @@ -142,6 +142,10 @@ supporting 32-bit IDs. The glibc .BR setuid () wrapper function transparently deals with the variation across kernel versions. + +The syscall only sets the credentials of the calling thread. The glibc wrapper +sets up a signal handler so that it effects all threads. This means that you +can use the syscall directly to have differn't credentials on differn't threads. .SH SEE ALSO .BR getuid (2), .BR seteuid (2), -- 2.2.1.209.g41e5f3a -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
