[Bug 933] New: failed __pmSetProcessIdentity should be fatal error

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           Summary: failed __pmSetProcessIdentity should be fatal error
           Product: pcp
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: major
          Priority: P5
         Component: pcp
        AssignedTo: mort@xxxxxxx
        ReportedBy: fche@xxxxxxxxxx
                CC: pcp@xxxxxxxxxxx
   Estimated Hours: 0.0
    Classification: Unclassified


Considering that setgid/setuid is a security-critical, their failure should
result in more than a quietish LOG_WARNING message.  Quite possibly, the daemon
should quit - either from within the library function itself, or via a an
__attribute__ ((warn_unused_result)) return value, and audited clients.

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