From: Joe Van Dyk <joevandyk@...>
Date: 2005-11-23T10:09:07+09:00
Subject: Re: what the heck (changing process uid question)

On 11/22/05, Bob Showalter <bob_showalter@taylorwhite.com> wrote:
> Joe Van Dyk wrote:
> > My problem:  When I fork a new process and set the UID of that process
> > and want to create a log file that I redirect output into, I'm having
> > difficulties getting the log file to be owned by the correct person.
> >
> > Process.uid = uid
>
> You want to change effective id, not real id:
>
>    Process.euid = uid

Very nice, thank you.

<goes off and googles the difference between effective and real uids>