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Diffstat (limited to 'apt-pkg')
| -rw-r--r-- | apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h | 12 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h index a8e255b86..9dd29eb9e 100644 --- a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h +++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h @@ -199,7 +199,17 @@ bool ExecWait(pid_t Pid,const char *Name,bool Reap = false); // check if the given file starts with a PGP cleartext signature bool StartsWithGPGClearTextSignature(std::string const &FileName); -// process releated +/** + * \brief Drop privileges + * + * Drop the privileges to the user _apt (or the one specified in + * APT::Sandbox::User). This does not set the supplementary group + * ids up correctly, it only uses the default group. Also prevent + * the process from gaining any new privileges afterwards, at least + * on Linux. + * + * \return true on success, false on failure with _error set + */ bool DropPrivs(); // File string manipulators |