Re: [Freestandards-ldps] Re: LDPS 0.91 - even closer to release

["Julie" <jockgrrl@ix.netcom.com>]

From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
> Julie wrote:
> > There's a difference between "Oops, we made a mistake" and "No,
> > we really are following the standard."  The Linux threading model
> > violates the standard.  So the correct answer is "Oops, we made a
> > mistake."
>
> The mistake is the standard. Linux is not required to follow historical
> accidents. When you wish to emulate a broken standard you do it in a way
that
> does not harm the sane.

That's a pretty bold statement.

> In this case that means shared suid emulation is a glibc problem.

Would someone care to explain the security policy as it relates
to saved set-IDs if the saved set-ID values are emulated in the
library?

-- Julie.