From 1c90fabccc0b859d9a357c96bfbc0c19a4ce17da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 15:31:46 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] * Unbreak programs that are not setuid (such as nix-hash).
---
src/libmain/shared.cc | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/src/libmain/shared.cc b/src/libmain/shared.cc
index df56a77cf..e0e9328dd 100644
--- a/src/libmain/shared.cc
+++ b/src/libmain/shared.cc
@@ -177,6 +177,9 @@ void switchToNixUser()
{
#if SETUID_HACK
+ /* Don't do anything if this is not a setuid binary. */
+ if (getuid() == geteuid()) return;
+
/* Here we set the uid and gid to the Nix user and group,
respectively, IF the current (real) user is a member of the Nix
group. Otherwise we just drop all privileges. */
--
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