1 /* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
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30 #include "libbb.h"
31 
32 /* Become the user and group(s) specified by PW.  */
change_identity(const struct passwd * pw)33 void FAST_FUNC change_identity(const struct passwd *pw)
34 {
35 	int res;
36 
37 	res = initgroups(pw->pw_name, pw->pw_gid);
38 	endgrent(); /* helps to close a fd used internally by libc */
39 
40 	if (res != 0) {
41 		/*
42 		 * If initgroups() fails because a system call is unimplemented
43 		 * then we are running on a Linux kernel compiled without multiuser
44 		 * support (CONFIG_MULTIUSER is not defined).
45 		 *
46 		 * If we are running without multiuser support *and* the target uid
47 		 * already matches the current uid then we can skip the change of
48 		 * identity.
49 		 */
50 		if (errno == ENOSYS && pw->pw_uid == getuid()) {
51 			return;
52 		}
53 
54 		bb_simple_perror_msg_and_die("can't set groups");
55 	}
56 
57 	xsetgid(pw->pw_gid);
58 	xsetuid(pw->pw_uid);
59 }
60