X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/apt.git/blobdiff_plain/db1d1c32149177c0b6ca49e5107ab1f5fd364660..f105aaba433f5a8b9c4326dd0d704501bf07d1e5:/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h

diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h
index a8e255b86..a64d6cb98 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h
@@ -199,8 +199,18 @@ bool ExecWait(pid_t Pid,const char *Name,bool Reap = false);
 // check if the given file starts with a PGP cleartext signature
 bool StartsWithGPGClearTextSignature(std::string const &FileName);
 
-// process releated
-bool DropPrivs();
+/**
+ * \brief Drop privileges
+ *
+ * Drop the privileges to the user _apt (or the one specified in
+ * APT::Sandbox::User). This does not set the supplementary group
+ * ids up correctly, it only uses the default group. Also prevent
+ * the process from gaining any new privileges afterwards, at least
+ * on Linux.
+ *
+ * \return true on success, false on failure with _error set
+ */
+bool DropPrivileges();
 
 // File string manipulators
 std::string flNotDir(std::string File);