In message <Pine.NEB.4.21.0011051943220.16520-100000@server.int.duh.org> Todd Vierling writes:
: Has ANYONE in this thread considered that we already have a possibly more
: secure mechanism for this, that could be combined simultaneously with
: authentication for use by a non-suid program?
: 
: See unix(4) and its description of passing fd's via a "cmsghdr".

I'm not sure that I see how this would solve the original problem.
Namely, how to safely open an arbitrary file with the original user's
creditials while running at elevated priviledge.  The above mechanism
requires a central daemon to do something, which strikes me as adding
a lot of hair to the system.

I'd still like to know why code like the following won't work.

	euid = geteuid();
	seteuid(getuid());
	<stuff>
	seteuid(euid);

See my previous message for the details as to why I think this will
work.
	
Warner