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-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_os.py2
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS3
-rw-r--r--Modules/posixmodule.c26
3 files changed, 25 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_os.py b/Lib/test/test_os.py
index 9846d92..95c7747 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_os.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_os.py
@@ -738,6 +738,7 @@ if sys.platform != 'win32':
self.assertRaises(os.error, os.setreuid, 0, 0)
self.assertRaises(OverflowError, os.setreuid, 1<<32, 0)
self.assertRaises(OverflowError, os.setreuid, 0, 1<<32)
+ os.setreuid(-1, -1) # Does nothing, but it needs to accept -1
if hasattr(os, 'setregid'):
def test_setregid(self):
@@ -745,6 +746,7 @@ if sys.platform != 'win32':
self.assertRaises(os.error, os.setregid, 0, 0)
self.assertRaises(OverflowError, os.setregid, 1<<32, 0)
self.assertRaises(OverflowError, os.setregid, 0, 1<<32)
+ os.setregid(-1, -1) # Does nothing, but it needs to accept -1
@unittest.skipIf(sys.platform == 'darwin', "tests don't apply to OS X")
class Pep383Tests(unittest.TestCase):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index c529e18..fda73e3 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -751,6 +751,9 @@ Extension Modules
- Expat: Fix DoS via XML document with malformed UTF-8 sequences
(CVE_2009_3560).
+- Issue #7999: os.setreuid() and os.setregid() would refuse to accept a -1
+ parameter on some platforms such as OS X.
+
Build
-----
diff --git a/Modules/posixmodule.c b/Modules/posixmodule.c
index 96d8d4d..8e3f4c0 100644
--- a/Modules/posixmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/posixmodule.c
@@ -4288,9 +4288,16 @@ posix_setreuid (PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
uid_t ruid, euid;
if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "ll", &ruid_arg, &euid_arg))
return NULL;
- ruid = ruid_arg;
- euid = euid_arg;
- if (euid != euid_arg || ruid != ruid_arg) {
+ if (ruid_arg == -1)
+ ruid = (uid_t)-1; /* let the compiler choose how -1 fits */
+ else
+ ruid = ruid_arg; /* otherwise, assign from our long */
+ if (euid_arg == -1)
+ euid = (uid_t)-1;
+ else
+ euid = euid_arg;
+ if ((euid_arg != -1 && euid != euid_arg) ||
+ (ruid_arg != -1 && ruid != ruid_arg)) {
PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError, "user id too big");
return NULL;
}
@@ -4315,9 +4322,16 @@ posix_setregid (PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
gid_t rgid, egid;
if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "ll", &rgid_arg, &egid_arg))
return NULL;
- rgid = rgid_arg;
- egid = egid_arg;
- if (egid != egid_arg || rgid != rgid_arg) {
+ if (rgid_arg == -1)
+ rgid = (gid_t)-1; /* let the compiler choose how -1 fits */
+ else
+ rgid = rgid_arg; /* otherwise, assign from our long */
+ if (egid_arg == -1)
+ egid = (gid_t)-1;
+ else
+ egid = egid_arg;
+ if ((egid_arg != -1 && egid != egid_arg) ||
+ (rgid_arg != -1 && rgid != rgid_arg)) {
PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError, "group id too big");
return NULL;
}