Index: app/xdm/session.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/xorg/app/xdm/session.c,v
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -u -r1.3 session.c
--- app/xdm/session.c	8 Nov 2005 06:33:31 -0000	1.3
+++ app/xdm/session.c	20 Jun 2006 07:58:39 -0000
@@ -488,8 +488,14 @@
     else
 	ResetServer (d);
     if (removeAuth) {
-	setgid (verify.gid);
-	setuid (verify.uid);
+	if (setgid (verify.gid) == -1) {
+	    LogError( "SessionExit: setgid: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+	    exit(status);
+	}
+	if (setuid (verify.uid) == -1) {
+	    LogError( "SessionExit: setuid: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+	    exit(status);
+	}
 	RemoveUserAuthorization (d, &verify);
 #ifdef K5AUTH
 	/* do like "kdestroy" program */
Index: app/xdm/xdmshell.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/xorg/app/xdm/xdmshell.c,v
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -u -r1.3 xdmshell.c
--- app/xdm/xdmshell.c	14 Jul 2005 22:58:25 -0000	1.3
+++ app/xdm/xdmshell.c	20 Jun 2006 07:58:39 -0000
@@ -183,7 +183,11 @@
 #endif
 
     /* make xdm run in a non-setuid environment */
-    setuid (geteuid());
+    if (setuid (geteuid()) == -1) {
+	fprintf(stderr, "%s: cannot setuid (error %d, %s)\r\n",
+		ProgramName, errno, strerror(errno));
+	exit(1);
+    }
 
     /*
      * exec /usr/bin/X11/xdm -nodaemon -udpPort 0
Index: app/xf86dga/dga.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/xorg/app/xf86dga/dga.c,v
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -u -r1.2 dga.c
--- app/xf86dga/dga.c	23 Apr 2004 19:54:47 -0000	1.2
+++ app/xf86dga/dga.c	20 Jun 2006 07:58:39 -0000
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #include <X11/Xmd.h>
 #include <X11/extensions/xf86dga.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
+#include <errno.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <signal.h>
@@ -141,7 +142,10 @@
 
 #ifndef __UNIXOS2__
    /* Give up root privs */
-   setuid(getuid());
+   if (setuid(getuid()) == -1) {
+      fprintf(stderr, "Unable to change uid: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+      exit(2);
+   }
 #endif
 
    XF86DGASetViewPort(dis, DefaultScreen(dis), 0, 0);
Index: app/xinit/xinit.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/xorg/app/xinit/xinit.c,v
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -u -r1.4 xinit.c
--- app/xinit/xinit.c	4 Oct 2005 01:27:34 -0000	1.4
+++ app/xinit/xinit.c	20 Jun 2006 07:58:39 -0000
@@ -692,7 +692,10 @@
 startClient(char *client[])
 {
 	if ((clientpid = vfork()) == 0) {
-		setuid(getuid());
+		if (setuid(getuid()) == -1) {
+			Error("cannot change uid: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+			_exit(ERR_EXIT);
+		}
 		setpgrp(0, getpid());
 		environ = newenviron;
 #ifdef __UNIXOS2__
Index: app/xload/xload.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/xorg/app/xload/xload.c,v
retrieving revision 1.2
diff -u -u -r1.2 xload.c
--- app/xload/xload.c	23 Apr 2004 19:54:57 -0000	1.2
+++ app/xload/xload.c	20 Jun 2006 07:58:39 -0000
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
  * xload - display system load average in a window
  */
 
-
+#include <errno.h>
 #include <stdio.h> 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
@@ -162,8 +162,17 @@
     /* For security reasons, we reset our uid/gid after doing the necessary
        system initialization and before calling any X routines. */
     InitLoadPoint();
-    setgid(getgid());		/* reset gid first while still (maybe) root */
-    setuid(getuid());
+    /* reset gid first while still (maybe) root */
+    if (setgid(getgid()) == -1) {
+	    fprintf(stderr, "%s: setgid failed: %s\n", 
+		ProgramName, strerror(errno));
+	    exit(1);
+    }
+    if (setuid(getuid()) == -1) {
+	    fprintf(stderr, "%s: setuid failed: %s\n", 
+		ProgramName, strerror(errno));
+	    exit(1);
+    }
 
     XtSetLanguageProc(NULL, (XtLanguageProc) NULL, NULL);
 
Index: lib/X11/src/xlibi18n/lcFile.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/xorg/lib/X11/src/xlibi18n/lcFile.c,v
retrieving revision 1.6
diff -u -u -r1.6 lcFile.c
--- lib/X11/src/xlibi18n/lcFile.c	13 May 2005 22:53:44 -0000	1.6
+++ lib/X11/src/xlibi18n/lcFile.c	20 Jun 2006 07:58:42 -0000
@@ -269,7 +269,11 @@
 	    if (seteuid(0) != 0) {
 		priv = 0;
 	    } else {
-		seteuid(oldeuid);
+		if (seteuid(oldeuid) == -1) {
+		    /* XXX ouch, coudn't get back to original uid 
+		     what can we do ??? */
+		    _exit(127);
+		}
 		priv = 1;
 	    }
 #endif
Index: lib/xtrans/Xtranslcl.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/xorg/lib/xtrans/Xtranslcl.c,v
retrieving revision 1.4
diff -u -u -r1.4 Xtranslcl.c
--- lib/xtrans/Xtranslcl.c	8 Nov 2005 06:33:26 -0000	1.4
+++ lib/xtrans/Xtranslcl.c	20 Jun 2006 07:58:43 -0000
@@ -360,7 +360,10 @@
 	uid_t       saved_euid;
 
 	saved_euid = geteuid();
-	setuid( getuid() ); /** sets the euid to the actual/real uid **/
+	/** sets the euid to the actual/real uid **/
+	if (setuid( getuid() ) == -1) {
+		exit(1);
+	}
 	if( chown( slave, saved_euid, -1 ) < 0 ) {
 		exit( 1 );
 		}
@@ -369,7 +372,13 @@
     }
 
     waitpid(saved_pid, &exitval, 0);
-
+    if (WIFEXITED(exitval) && WEXITSTATUS(exitval) != 0) {
+	close(fd);
+	close(server);
+	PRMSG(1, "PTSOpenClient: cannot set the owner of %s\n",
+	      slave, 0, 0);
+	return(-1);
+    }
     if (chmod(slave, 0666) < 0) {
 	close(fd);
 	close(server);
Index: xserver/xorg/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Init.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/xorg/xserver/xorg/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Init.c,v
retrieving revision 1.29
diff -u -u -r1.29 xf86Init.c
--- xserver/xorg/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Init.c	14 Dec 2005 20:11:16 -0000	1.29
+++ xserver/xorg/hw/xfree86/common/xf86Init.c	20 Jun 2006 07:58:44 -0000
@@ -1905,7 +1905,11 @@
           FatalError("xf86RunVtInit: fork failed (%s)\n", strerror(errno));
           break;
       case 0:  /* child */
-          setuid(getuid());
+	  if (setuid(getuid()) == -1) {
+	      xf86Msg(X_ERROR, "xf86RunVtInit: setuid failed (%s)\n",
+			 strerror(errno));
+	      exit(255);
+	  }
           /* set stdin, stdout to the consoleFd */
           for (i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
             if (xf86Info.consoleFd != i) {
Index: xserver/xorg/hw/xfree86/os-support/shared/libc_wrapper.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/xorg/xserver/xorg/hw/xfree86/os-support/shared/libc_wrapper.c,v
retrieving revision 1.9
diff -u -u -r1.9 libc_wrapper.c
--- xserver/xorg/hw/xfree86/os-support/shared/libc_wrapper.c	3 Jul 2005 08:53:48 -0000	1.9
+++ xserver/xorg/hw/xfree86/os-support/shared/libc_wrapper.c	20 Jun 2006 07:58:45 -0000
@@ -1270,7 +1270,10 @@
 #ifndef SELF_CONTAINED_WRAPPER
 	xf86DisableIO();
 #endif
-        setuid(getuid());
+        if (setuid(getuid()) == -1) {
+		ErrorF("xf86Execl: setuid() failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+		exit(255);
+	}
 #if !defined(SELF_CONTAINED_WRAPPER)
         /* set stdin, stdout to the consoleFD, and leave stderr alone */
         for (i = 0; i < 2; i++)
Index: xserver/xorg/hw/xfree86/parser/write.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/xorg/xserver/xorg/hw/xfree86/parser/write.c,v
retrieving revision 1.3
diff -u -u -r1.3 write.c
--- xserver/xorg/hw/xfree86/parser/write.c	3 Jul 2005 07:01:37 -0000	1.3
+++ xserver/xorg/hw/xfree86/parser/write.c	20 Jun 2006 07:58:45 -0000
@@ -170,7 +170,10 @@
 					strerror(errno));
 			return 0;
 		case 0: /* child */
-			setuid(getuid());
+			if (setuid(getuid() == -1) 
+			    FatalError("xf86writeConfigFile(): "
+				"setuid failed(%s)\n", 
+				strerror(errno));
 			ret = doWriteConfigFile(filename, cptr);
 			exit(ret);
 			break;
Index: xserver/xorg/os/utils.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/xorg/xserver/xorg/os/utils.c,v
retrieving revision 1.21
diff -u -u -r1.21 utils.c
--- xserver/xorg/os/utils.c	8 Nov 2005 06:33:30 -0000	1.21
+++ xserver/xorg/os/utils.c	20 Jun 2006 07:58:47 -0000
@@ -1718,8 +1718,10 @@
     case -1:	/* error */
 	p = -1;
     case 0:	/* child */
-	setgid(getgid());
-	setuid(getuid());
+	if (setgid(getgid()) == -1)
+	    _exit(127);
+	if (setuid(getuid()) == -1)
+	    _exit(127);
 	execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", command, (char *)NULL);
 	_exit(127);
     default:	/* parent */
@@ -1770,8 +1772,10 @@
 	xfree(cur);
 	return NULL;
     case 0:	/* child */
-	setgid(getgid());
-	setuid(getuid());
+	if (setgid(getgid()) == -1)
+	    _exit(127);
+	if (setuid(getuid()) == -1)
+	    _exit(127);
 	if (*type == 'r') {
 	    if (pdes[1] != 1) {
 		/* stdout */
@@ -1845,8 +1849,10 @@
 	xfree(cur);
 	return NULL;
     case 0:	/* child */
-	setgid(getgid());
-	setuid(getuid());
+	if (setgid(getgid()) == -1)
+	    _exit(127);
+	if (setuid(getuid()) == -1)
+	    _exit(127);
 	if (*type == 'r') {
 	    if (pdes[1] != 1) {
 		/* stdout */