syslog(3) as user sets errno
Stefan Ehmann
shoesoft at gmx.net
Sat Apr 28 12:30:11 UTC 2007
On Saturday 28 April 2007 14:16:34 Stefan Ehmann wrote:
> If a non-privilged program calls syslog(3), after the call, errno is set to
> 13 (permission denied).
Seems like I jumped the gun.
opengroup.org says "The value of errno should only be examined when it is
indicated to be valid by a function's return value."
So it seems perfectly valid that errno is set.
Sorry for the noise.
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