Bug#60034: nscd: nscd fails to switch back to uid=root

[GOMBAS Gabor <gombasg@inf.elte.hu>]

Package: nscd
Version: 2.1.3-6
Severity: normal

Hello,

There are two small bugs in nscd preventing it to switch back to uid=root
when running in secure mode. Patch follows.

Gabor Gombas

==============================================================================
--- glibc-2.1.3/nscd/hstcache.c.orig	Thu Mar  9 22:08:07 2000
+++ glibc-2.1.3/nscd/hstcache.c	Thu Mar  9 22:08:33 2000
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@
     }
 
   if (secure[hstdb])
-    seteuid (uid);
+    seteuid (oldeuid);
 
   cache_addhst (db, fd, req, key, hst, uid);
 }
--- glibc-2.1.3/nscd/pwdcache.c.orig	Thu Mar  9 22:06:36 2000
+++ glibc-2.1.3/nscd/pwdcache.c	Thu Mar  9 22:07:06 2000
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@
     }
 
   if (secure[pwddb])
-    seteuid (c_uid);
+    seteuid (oldeuid);
 
   cache_addpw (db, fd, req, key, pwd, c_uid);
 }
==============================================================================

-- System Information
Debian Release: 2.2
Kernel Version: Linux babel 2.2.13 #1 SMP Tue Dec 28 21:50:02 CET 1999 i686 unknown

Versions of the packages nscd depends on:
ii  libc6          2.1.3-6        GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone

--- Begin /etc/init.d/nscd (modified conffile)
#!/bin/sh
#
#
[ -f /etc/nscd.conf ] || exit 0
[ -x /usr/sbin/nscd ] || exit 0
case $(uname -r) in
    2.[2-9].*)
	# this is okay
    ;;
    [3-9]*)
	# these are of course also okay
    ;;
    *)
	#this is not
	exit 0
    ;;
esac
RETVAL=0
case "$1" in
    start)
	secure="-S passwd,yes -S group,yes"
        echo -n "Starting Name Service Cache Daemon: "
	echo "nscd."
	start-stop-daemon --start --quiet --exec /usr/sbin/nscd -- $secure
	RETVAL=$?
	;;
    stop)
	echo -n "Stopping Name Service Cache Daemon: "
	echo nscd.
	/usr/sbin/nscd -K
	RETVAL=$?
        ;;
    reload)
	echo "Reloading Name Service Cache Daemon configuration."
	start-stop-daemon --stop --signal 1 --quiet --oknodo --exec /usr/sbin/nscd
	RETVAL=$?
	;;
    force-reload)
        $0 stop
        $0 start
        ;;
    restart)
	$0 force-reload
	;;
    *)
	echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/nscd {start|stop|reload|force-reload|restart}"
	;;
esac
exit $RETVAL

--- End /etc/init.d/nscd