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Subject: Re: UID is -1, can't login?
From: Mike Frysinger <vapier () gentoo ! org>
Date: 2006-06-27 21:37:39
Message-ID: 200606271737.40194.vapier () gentoo ! org
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On Tuesday 27 June 2006 17:25, Joshua ChaitinPollak wrote:
> On Jun 27, 2006, at 5:16 PM, Rob Landley wrote:
> >> What I get when I run this is:
> >>
> >> Soekris login: root
> >> Effective UID = -1, ruid = -1
> >> login: This applet requires root priviledges!
> >
> > Huh, geteuid() is _failing_. That's nice. Is there an errno?
> >
> > The man page says "these functions are always successful", which is
> > just
> > WEIRD. What libc are you using, and what kernel version?
>
> uclibc version 0.9.28 and linux 2.6.16.19.
did you disable the 16-bit UID syscall option in the kernel ? uClibc 0.9.28
and older require that option as it still uses the 16bit interface for
userids ... ive fixed up svn to use the 32bit interface where available
-mike
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