Re: sys_security return value

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* richard offer (offerat_private) wrote:
> * frm hallynat_private "11/06/2001 06:42:14 PM -0500" | sed '1,$s/^/* /'
> * 
> * and tweaked security.c:sys_security to intercept the return value from the
> * security_ops->sys_security() call.  The value returned from this call is
> * in fact -38 as it should be, but the above code reports the returned
> * value was -1.  Am I missing something obvious?
> 
> Take a look in errno, -38 should be there.

yes, as richard mentioned, glibc turns a -ENOSYS into -1 and stores
ENOSYS (not -ENOSYS) in your global errno.

-chris

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