Re: bug in mintlib44's access() function

[P.B.Schuller@TWI.TUDelft.NL (Bart Schuller)]

>  So where's the point of this function?

The point of access() is precisely for set-[ug]id programs: normally
when you want to know if something is allowed, you just try it. But with
a set-uid root program, everything will succeed. So in that case you can
use access() to check if the real user should be allowed to do things.

> ciao,
> TeSche

Bart.
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