Lars Appel wrote:
> Oh, as far as I recall, but I am not 100% sure, the wrappers
> also have a mode/feature to "pretend" setuid, setgid, etc to
> the calling code without really doing the PM setuid() calls.
>
> I used this to run the Samba server in a "sandbox" i.e. have
> the Samba code "think" it is root and performs all the setuid
> tricks, where the SMBD program actually stayed the same MPE
> user all the time (SAMBA.ORG in my case) and did not need PM.

I did something similar in sendmail 8.12.1 to make it think it is running as an
suid-root program.  You have to create several pretend functions to replace the
POSIX originals in order to pull this off.

I am still in preliminary discussions with sendmail.org and have not yet
submitted my MPE diffs back.  Anybody interested in my current working diffs
can ask for them and I'll send you a copy.
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