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Re: [PATCH] t/lib-httpd: switch SANITY check for NOT_ROOT

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Kyle J. McKay <mackyle@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 16, 2015, 18:38 UTC
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On Jan 15, 2015, at 19:34, Jeff King wrote:
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> On Thu, Jan 15, 2015 at 07:27:34PM -0800, Kyle J. McKay wrote:
>
>> "id -u" works for me in MSYS and cygwin (each appears to have it's  
>> own
>> id.exe).
>
> That's comforting. MSYS was the one I was most worried about. What UID
> do they report? I.e., do they correctly tell us if we are root (or
> more accurately, if we are not root)?

It's funny, really. The MSYS version gives a different answer than the cygwin version although both are non-zero. The MSYS perl gives the same answer as the MSYS id and the cygwin perl gives the same answer as the cygwin id.

I'm not even sure what it would mean to "be root" on one of those systems.

The closest I can think of would be to run as the "SYSTEM" user. And that's not nearly as simple as just "sudo -s". [1].

I haven't tested that. I will try to remember to give that a try next time I'm feeling the need for some frustration. ;)

-Kyle
[1] http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2010-04/msg00651.html
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  4. Jeff KingJan 14, 2015
  5. Kyle J. McKayJan 15, 2015
  6. Junio C HamanoJan 15, 2015
  7. Jeff KingJan 15, 2015
  8. Junio C HamanoJan 15, 2015
  9. Jeff KingJan 15, 2015
  10. Junio C HamanoJan 16, 2015
  11. t/lib-httpd: switch SANITY check for NOT_ROOTJeff King, Jan 16, 2015
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  13. Jeff KingJan 16, 2015
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