The
function saves the current credentials and
switches to those of the user specified by its
Fa pwd
argument.
The affected credentials are the effective UID, the effective GID, and
the group access list.
The original credentials can be restored using
openpam_restore_cred3.
The
function and this manual page were developed for the
Fx Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc. under
DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
(``CBOSS''
)
as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
