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#36 DROPPRIVS_USER is broken, drops to nobody instead

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2017-09-06
2012-06-25
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[root@dieter-ws ~]# DROPPRIVS_USER=dieter ngrep -W byline port 80 and host nyvimeodfs1
[root@dieter-ws ~]# (...)

in other terminal:

15:38:59 dieter@ws ~ ps aux | grep ngrep | grep -v 'grep ngrep'
nobody 14290 0.0 0.1 7272 5340 pts/2 SN+ 15:38 0:00 ngrep -W byline port 80 and host nyvimeodfs1

=> outcome: process runs as user nobody
=> expected outcome: process runs as user dieter *or* ngrep tells me why it fails to drop privileges to user dieter.

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  • Jordan Ritter

    Jordan Ritter - 2017-09-06
    • status: open --> closed
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  • Jordan Ritter

    Jordan Ritter - 2017-09-06

    Stale bug, closing.

    FYI bug reports are managed here now: https://github.com/jpr5/ngrep/issues

     

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