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passes on the status across fork/exec. The previous version had some typos, referred to itself as link(2) in one place :-), and didn't really match openbsd's implementation either. Now that I've mentioned typos, hopefully our Typo Police and Xref Police will be gentle with me. :-)
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.\" $OpenBSD: issetugid.2,v 1.7 1997/02/18 00:16:09 deraadt Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\" $Id$
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.\"
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.Dd August, 25 1996
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.Dt ISSETUGID 2
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm issetugid
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.Nd is current process tainted by uid or gid changes
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Fd #include <unistd.h>
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.Ft int
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.Fn issetugid void
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Fn issetugid
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function returns 1 if the process environment or memory address space
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is considered ``tainted'', and returns 0 otherwise.
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.Pp
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A process is tainted if it was created as a result of an
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.Xr execve 2
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system call which had either of the setuid or setgid bits set (and extra
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privileges were given as a result) or if it has changed any of it's real,
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effective or saved user or group ID's since it began execution.
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.Pp
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This system call exists so that library routines (eg: libc, libtermcap)
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can reliably determine if it is safe to use information
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that was obtained from the user, in particular the results from
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.Xr getenv 3
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should be viewed with suspicion if it is used to control operation.
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.Pp
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A ``tainted'' status is inherited by child processes as a result of the
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.Xr fork 2
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system call (or other library code that calls fork, such as
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.Xr popen 3 ).
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.Pp
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It is assumed that a program that clears all privileges as it prepares
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to execute another will also reset the environment, hence the ``tainted''
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status will not be passed on. This is important for programs such as
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.Xr su 1
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which begin setuid but need to be able to create an untainted process.
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.Sh ERRORS
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The
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.Fn issetugid
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function is always successful, and no return value is reserved to
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indicate an error.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr execve 2 ,
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.Xr fork 2 ,
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.Xr setgid 2 ,
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.Xr setegid 2 ,
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.Xr seteuid 2 ,
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.Xr setregid 2 ,
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.Xr setregid 2 ,
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.Xr setuid 2
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.Sh HISTORY
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A
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.Fn issetugid
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function call first appeared in
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.Ox 2.0
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and was also implemented in
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.Fx 3.0 .
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