[LightDM] Problem with LightDM on Solaris build

[Guido Berhoerster]

* Brian Cameron <brian.cameron at oracle.com> [2011-11-29 01:58]:
> 
> LightDM does not build on Solaris because Solaris does not have the
> setresuid or setresgid functions.  These are used in the file
> /src/privileges.c.  If I #ifdef out these calls, the LightDM code
> otherwise builds okay.
> 
> Is the use of these functions necessary?  Would it make sense to #ifdef
> the code so it can also build and work on Solaris?  Any advice about how
> to make this code more portable would be appreciated.

privileges_drop() is being called from the lightdm daemon running
with root privileges, so manipulating real and effective uid/gid
without side effects on the saved uid is possible via procfs, ie.
/proc/<pid>/ctl. Restoring them later in privileges_reclaim
should be possible by first calling setuid() for setting the
effective to the saved and then setreuid() for setting the real
to the effective uid (and analoguosly calling setgid()/setregid()
for restoring the effective/real gid).
-- 
Guido Berhoerster