[vlc-devel] [PATCH] rootwrap: fix warning

Lyndon Brown jnqnfe at gmail.com
Mon Sep 28 01:36:27 CEST 2020


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From: Lyndon Brown <jnqnfe at gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2019 02:43:45 +0000
Subject: rootwrap: fix warning


diff --git a/bin/rootwrap.c b/bin/rootwrap.c
index 0258773b90..3de054e73a 100644
--- a/bin/rootwrap.c
+++ b/bin/rootwrap.c
@@ -248,7 +248,8 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[])
         fputs("Cannot determine unprivileged user for VLC!\n", stderr);
         exit (1);
     }
-    setuid (uid);
+    if (!setuid (uid))
+        exit (1);
 
     if (!setuid (0)) /* sanity check: we cannot get root back */
         exit (1);
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