- (dtucker) [uidswap.c] Don't test restoration of uid on Cygwin since the

   OS does not support permanently dropping privileges.  Patch from
   vinschen at redhat.com.

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 9058dfc7a..51c5584e4 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
  - (dtucker) [contrib/cygwin/README contrib/cygwin/ssh-host-config] Update
    ssh-host-config to match current defaults, bump README version.  Patch from
    vinschen at redhat.com.
+ - (dtucker) [uidswap.c] Don't test restoration of uid on Cygwin since the
+   OS does not support permanently dropping privileges.  Patch from
+   vinschen at redhat.com.
 
 20030919
  - (djm) Bug #683: Remove reference to --with-ipv4-default from INSTALL;
@@ -1152,4 +1155,4 @@
  - Fix sshd BindAddress and -b options for systems using fake-getaddrinfo.
    Report from murple@murple.net, diagnosis from dtucker@zip.com.au
 
-$Id: ChangeLog,v 1.3017 2003/09/22 02:32:00 dtucker Exp $
+$Id: ChangeLog,v 1.3018 2003/09/22 02:54:37 dtucker Exp $
diff --git a/uidswap.c b/uidswap.c
index 3f13f9bf4..9e161d0f0 100644
--- a/uidswap.c
+++ b/uidswap.c
@@ -191,10 +191,12 @@ permanently_set_uid(struct passwd *pw)
                     (u_int)pw->pw_gid);
         }
 
+#ifndef HAVE_CYGWIN
         /* Try restoration of UID if changed (test clearing of saved uid) */
         if (old_uid != pw->pw_uid && 
             (setuid(old_uid) != -1 || seteuid(old_uid) != -1))
                 fatal("%s: was able to restore old [e]uid", __func__);
+#endif
 
         /* Verify UID drop was successful */
         if (getuid() != pw->pw_uid || geteuid() != pw->pw_uid) {