Re: [Xen-devel] [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 7/8] os-posix: Provide new -runasid option

[Ian Jackson <ian.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Daniel P. Berrange writes ("Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 7/8] os-posix: Provide new 
-runasid option"):
> Just use  getpwuid() to get the "struct passwd *", then change_process_uid()
> doesn't need any changes at all AFAICT.

See my comments in the commit message.  There may be multiple passwd
entries referring to a particular uid.  I think in this area it would
be better to expect the caller to be explicit, rather than taking
getpwuid's notion of the first one.

Ian.

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