From 0bdd5c59675cce09791d51c8d533a9d14ca8da56 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Kaz Kylheku Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2016 15:35:38 -0700 Subject: doc: typo in section on setuid operation. * txr.1: "require user id" -> "required user id". --- txr.1 | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'txr.1') diff --git a/txr.1 b/txr.1 index 4df0f21d..8e95088d 100644 --- a/txr.1 +++ b/txr.1 @@ -44685,7 +44685,7 @@ it has to be running with a root effective user ID somehow. In order to execute a file which is setuid to a non-root user, \*(TX has to be running effectively as root or else as that user. It doesn't matter whether these privileges are achieved effectively using the setuid mechanism, or -whether \*(TX is running with the require user ID as its real ID. +whether \*(TX is running with the required user ID as its real ID. However, if \*(TX is running setuid, it takes special care to temporarily drop the privileges as early as possible, and eventually to drop the privileges permanently before executing any code, other that the setuid -- cgit v1.2.3