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diff --git a/vendor/github.com/sid77/drop/README.md b/vendor/github.com/sid77/drop/README.md deleted file mode 100644 index ef71e5f..0000000 --- a/vendor/github.com/sid77/drop/README.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,22 +0,0 @@ -# drop - -An easy way for dropping privileges in Go. - - -``` -import "github.com/sid77/drop" - -// privileged code here -// ... - -if err := drop.DropPrivileges("some user"); err != nil { - log.Fatal(err) -} - -// unprivileged code here -// ... -``` - -drop will take care of calling `setre{s}[g,u]id()` depending on the platform it's being run on. - -Beware that if Go coroutines are created *before* dropping the program privileges, some of them may retain the original permissions. This is a [limitation of the Go runtime itself](https://github.com/golang/go/issues/1435). |