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Re: Using authorization to enumerate restricted folders?
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Re: Using authorization to enumerate restricted folders?


  • Subject: Re: Using authorization to enumerate restricted folders?
  • From: Michael Ash <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 12:00:22 -0400

On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Oleg Krupnov <email@hidden> wrote:
> Thanks, Kyle. Isn't there really a way to do the work in the same
> process? It seems quite tedious to transfer my existing
> directory-scanning code into a separate process and set up the
> communication between the processes...

There really is not. It's a fundamental part of how UNIX works:
privileges belong to an entire process, and cannot be elevated, only
diminished.

Mike
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 >Using authorization to enumerate restricted folders? (From: Oleg Krupnov <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Using authorization to enumerate restricted folders? (From: Kyle Sluder <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Using authorization to enumerate restricted folders? (From: Oleg Krupnov <email@hidden>)

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