From 13a28d8549015d2b55fadef450bc56327b4ca7a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julian Andres Klode Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2014 22:28:44 +0200 Subject: DropPrivs: Document what it does Git-Dch: ignore --- apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'apt-pkg/contrib') 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 -- cgit v1.2.3