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/*
* Copyright 1989 - 1991, Julianne Frances Haugh <jockgrrl@austin.rr.com>
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*/
#include "libbb.h"
/* Become the user and group(s) specified by PW. */
void FAST_FUNC change_identity(const struct passwd *pw)
{
int res;
res = initgroups(pw->pw_name, pw->pw_gid);
endgrent(); /* helps to close a fd used internally by libc */
if (res != 0) {
/*
* If initgroups() fails because a system call is unimplemented
* then we are running on a Linux kernel compiled without multiuser
* support (CONFIG_MULTIUSER is not defined).
*
* If we are running without multiuser support *and* the target uid
* already matches the current uid then we can skip the change of
* identity.
*/
if (errno == ENOSYS && pw->pw_uid == getuid()) {
return;
}
bb_simple_perror_msg_and_die("can't set groups");
}
xsetgid(pw->pw_gid);
xsetuid(pw->pw_uid);
}