On Fri, 13 Jul 2007, pd-list-request@iem.at wrote:
Pd does a "seteuid(setuid())" to un-get root priveliges if run as setuid, after its priority gets promoted, so that it runs as the user who started it. But there are apparently loopholes, as Mathieu has found.
what you mean is that your pd does a seteuid(getuid()).
What you need to know is that my pd does a setuid(getuid()) instead.
You can find the relevant information by consulting:
man setuid
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