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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