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Re: Problem with setuid/execv on Cygwin/Windows 7
On Nov 9 10:08, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Nov 9 08:59, Laurent Cocault wrote:
> > Hi Cygwin community,
> >
> > I am currently facing a problem with the combination of setuid/execv on a Cygwin/Windows 7.
> > [...]
> > char* args[1];
> > args[0] = NULL;
> > status = execv("/bin/bash", args);
>
> This is wrong. You should at least set args[0] since that what becomes
> argv[0] in the child process:
>
> char* args[2];
> args[1] = "bash";
> args[2] = NULL;
Ouch. ENOCOFFEE. Make that
args[0] = "bash";
args[1] = NULL;
> status = execv("/bin/bash", args);
Corinna
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