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Subject: setuid installer?
From: Rick Mann <email@hidden>
Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 15:42:20 -0700

We want to execute our updates in the background, but they require authentication. I've tried creating a script with setuid set, but the installer still complains that it needs to be authenticated. I then wrote a tiny C program that execs my script, and prints the effective user ID, but it still complains.

$ ./a.out
Real UID	= 501
Effective UID	= 0
Real GID	= 20
Effective GID	= 20
installer: This package requires authentication to install.


What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!

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