>>> I don't think this is beneficial. Any uid/gid-aware program is
>>> going to have to deal. There just isn't a way around it.
>>> Fortunately not too many programs really care about uid/gid's.
>> I strongly disagree. _Lots_ of programs care about _your_ home
>> directory so they can look for configuration files and don't use
>> uids for anything else.
> They will just use getenv("HOME"). No need for uid.
They *SHOULD* use that, but that doesn't mean they *WILL* !!!
In my experience, the commonest use for getuid and getgid is to seed
the random number generator with a predictable seed for testing code
during development, and it doesnae always get removed at release time
either. Will *THAT* break?
Best wishes from Riley.
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu
Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/