<tt>> From: Charles Duffy <charles@dyfis.net></tt> <tt>> To: "systemd-devel@lists.freedesktop.org" <systemd- > devel@lists.freedesktop.org></tt> <tt>> Date: 01/21/2016 10:12 AM</tt> <tt>> Subject: [systemd-devel] euid 0 not honored authenticating control socket?</tt> <tt>> Sent by: "systemd-devel" <systemd-devel-bounces@lists.freedesktop.org></tt> <tt>> > Howdy --</tt> <tt>> > I have a setuid-root executable from which I'm trying to start or > stop a service. However, when invoking systemctl from this > executable -- for which geteuid() returns 0 -- the control socket is > rejected when the ruid does not match (such that the executable was > invoked from a less-privileged user).</tt> <tt>> </tt> <tt>> <snip></tt> <tt>> > What's going on, and why?</tt> <tt>Check my thread with a similar question: </tt><a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-May/032444.html"><tt>http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/systemd-devel/2015-May/032444.html</tt></a>