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-.\" $OpenBSD: issetugid.2,v 1.7 1997/02/18 00:16:09 deraadt Exp $
-.\"
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-.Dd August 25, 1996
-.Dt ISSETUGID 2
-.Os
-.Sh NAME
-.Nm issetugid
-.Nd is current process tainted by uid or gid changes
-.Sh LIBRARY
-.Lb libc
-.Sh SYNOPSIS
-.In unistd.h
-.Ft int
-.Fn issetugid void
-.Sh DESCRIPTION
-The
-.Fn issetugid
-system call returns 1 if the process environment or memory address space
-is considered
-.Dq tainted ,
-and returns 0 otherwise.
-.Pp
-A process is tainted if it was created as a result of an
-.Xr execve 2
-system call which had either of the setuid or setgid bits set (and extra
-privileges were given as a result) or if it has changed any of its real,
-effective or saved user or group ID's since it began execution.
-.Pp
-This system call exists so that library routines (eg: libc, libtermcap)
-can reliably determine if it is safe to use information
-that was obtained from the user, in particular the results from
-.Xr getenv 3
-should be viewed with suspicion if it is used to control operation.
-.Pp
-A
-.Dq tainted
-status is inherited by child processes as a result of the
-.Xr fork 2
-system call (or other library code that calls fork, such as
-.Xr popen 3 ) .
-.Pp
-It is assumed that a program that clears all privileges as it prepares
-to execute another will also reset the environment, hence the
-.Dq tainted
-status will not be passed on.
-This is important for programs such as
-.Xr su 1
-which begin setuid but need to be able to create an untainted process.
-.Sh ERRORS
-The
-.Fn issetugid
-system call is always successful, and no return value is reserved to
-indicate an error.
-.Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr execve 2 ,
-.Xr fork 2 ,
-.Xr setegid 2 ,
-.Xr seteuid 2 ,
-.Xr setgid 2 ,
-.Xr setregid 2 ,
-.Xr setreuid 2 ,
-.Xr setuid 2
-.Sh HISTORY
-The
-.Fn issetugid
-system call first appeared in
-.Ox 2.0
-and was also implemented in
-.Fx 3.0 .