Could not drop root uid

Christian Klossek c.klossek at apo-discounter.de
Tue May 18 14:24:35 EDT 2010


Yes, sorry. I get

maradns.etc_maradns_mararc:  Log: Root directory changed
maradns.etc_maradns_mararc:  Log: Binding to address 127.0.0.1
maradns.etc_maradns_mararc:  Log: Socket opened on UDP port 53
maradns.etc_maradns_mararc: Fatal error: Could not drop root uid
maradns.etc_maradns_mararc: System said: Resource temporarily unavailable

Christian

Sam Trenholme wrote:
>> Fatal error: Could not drop root uid
>>
>> After that maradns is closed.
> 
> Are you sure you don’t get a second line explaining *why* setuid() failed?
> 
> The relevant code called is this:
> 
>         if(setuid(uid) != 0)
>             sys_harderror(L_NODROP); /* "Could not drop root uid" */
> 


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