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Re: Reverse of promoting to root: downgrade root to unprivileged



On Sat, 27 Jan 2024, tlaronde%kergis.com@localhost wrote:

But does somebody know of an established program or library that allows
to start a process as root and to automatically downgrade rights for
tasks (I mean identified chunks of whatever code) that do not require
privileges?


You mean toggling between various EUIDs and the saved-SUID? That's
pretty standard stuff, but, I don't know if it's been encapsulated
in any kind of utility.

-RVP


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