System command on FreeBSD...

[Chad McWilliams]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com 
> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf 
> Of Kenneth Brody
> Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 2:09 PM
> To: bill at celestial.com
> Cc: filePro mailing list
> Subject: Re: System command on FreeBSD...
> 
> 
> Bill Campbell wrote:
> [...]
> > FilePro may be running external commands as the filepro 
> user or as the 
> > original user depending on how they handle the internal fork, exec 
> > logic.
> [...]
> 
> Normally, filePro runs any system commands as 
> uid=$ORIGINAL_UID and euid=filepro.  If PFSYSEUID=OFF, then 
> filePro will give up its euid for the duration of the system command.
> 
> -- 

If I open a shell using the system command from within filepro (system
"/bin/ksh"), and then type whoami (which reports filepro) and who am I
(which reports chad), shouldn't swapping the setting for PFSYSEUID alter
what is subsequently reported by at least one of the two commands?

-Chad McWilliams