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2003 Sep 16
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[PATCH] permanently_set_uid fails on Cygwin :-(
Hi,
I'm terribly sorry that I missed this before 3.7p1 was out. The
permanently_set_uid() function fails on Cygwin since the test to
revert to the saved uid unfortunately works on Cygwin though it
shouldn't. The reason is that a Windows NT process always can
revert to its previous privileges. There's no such concept of
giving up rights in a process permanently. This is only