[X2Go-Dev] setuid/setgid in libXcomp

[Orion Poplawski]

Can anyone explain to my why libXcomp calls setgid/setuid in Pipe.cpp:Popen() 
after calling fork()?  It also isn't checking the results of the call, but I'm 
really not sure why the calls are there in the first place.

   switch (pid = Fork())
   {
...
     case 0:
     {
       //
       // Child.
       //

       setgid(getgid());
       setuid(getuid());

Nothing is running as a setuid/setgid process is it?


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