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POSIX and uid_t resp. gid_t
- To: cygdev <cygwin-developers AT sourceware.cygnus dot com>
- Subject: POSIX and uid_t resp. gid_t
- From: Corinna Vinschen <corinna AT vinschen.de>
- Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 23:07:29 +0200
Hi all,
I have an important question regarding security in cygwin:
How are the datatypes of uid_t and gid_t defined in POSIX?
Are they constrained to be basic datatypes like int or unsigned long
or would it be possible to define them as compound datatypes as e.g.
struct { int [6]; } or something else?
Unfortunately, I don't own a copy of the POSIX draft.
Regards,
Corinna