Samba & trapdoor uid (fwd)

[Christopher R. Hertel]

Curious.  I compiled 2.0.4b on OpenBSD 2.5 as myself and as root.  If I
compile as myself, I *don't* get the "Trapdoor uid, Samba might not run
correctly" message.  If I compile as root I do. 

...some tests disabled?

Chris -)-----

> > I made Samba 2.0.4b today, and while running the configure script, a
> > message appeared that said, "Trapdoor uid, Samba might not run correctly".
> 
> I'm tempted to remove the trapdoor detection code completely, and
> instead go back to our old runtime test scheme that looked for failed
> seteuid() calls. We have had more problems with the test than with
> real trapdoor platforms (which luckily are now fairly rare).
> 


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