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- /* uid.c
- Switch back and forth between UUCP and user permissions.
-
- Copyright (C) 1992, 1995 Ian Lance Taylor
-
- This file is part of the Taylor UUCP package.
-
- This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
- modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
- published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
- License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
- This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
- WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
- General Public License for more details.
-
- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
-
- The author of the program may be contacted at ian@airs.com or
- c/o Cygnus Support, 48 Grove Street, Somerville, MA 02144.
- */
-
- #include "uucp.h"
-
- #include "uudefs.h"
- #include "sysdep.h"
-
- #include <errno.h>
-
- /* NetBSD apparently does not support setuid as required by POSIX when
- using saved setuid, so use seteuid instead. */
-
- #if HAVE_SETEUID
- #define setuid seteuid
- #endif
-
- /* Switch to permissions of the invoking user. */
-
- boolean
- fsuser_perms (pieuid)
- uid_t *pieuid;
- {
- uid_t ieuid, iuid;
-
- ieuid = geteuid ();
- iuid = getuid ();
- if (pieuid != NULL)
- *pieuid = ieuid;
-
- #if HAVE_SETREUID
- /* Swap the effective user id and the real user id. We can then
- swap them back again when we want to return to the uucp user's
- permissions. */
- if (setreuid (ieuid, iuid) < 0)
- {
- ulog (LOG_ERROR, "setreuid (%ld, %ld): %s",
- (long) ieuid, (long) iuid, strerror (errno));
- return FALSE;
- }
- #else /* ! HAVE_SETREUID */
- #if HAVE_SAVED_SETUID
- /* Set the effective user id to the real user id. Since the
- effective user id is saved (it's the saved setuid) we will able
- to set back to it later. If the real user id is root we will not
- be able to switch back and forth, so don't even try. */
- if (iuid != 0)
- {
- if (setuid (iuid) < 0)
- {
- ulog (LOG_ERROR, "setuid (%ld): %s", (long) iuid, strerror (errno));
- return FALSE;
- }
- }
- #else /* ! HAVE_SAVED_SETUID */
- /* There's no way to switch between real permissions and effective
- permissions. Just try to open the file with the uucp
- permissions. */
- #endif /* ! HAVE_SAVED_SETUID */
- #endif /* ! HAVE_SETREUID */
-
- return TRUE;
- }
-
- /* Restore the uucp permissions. */
-
- /*ARGSUSED*/
- boolean
- fsuucp_perms (ieuid)
- long ieuid;
- {
- #if HAVE_SETREUID
- /* Swap effective and real user id's back to what they were. */
- if (! fsuser_perms ((uid_t *) NULL))
- return FALSE;
- #else /* ! HAVE_SETREUID */
- #if HAVE_SAVED_SETUID
- /* Set ourselves back to our original effective user id. */
- if (setuid ((uid_t) ieuid) < 0)
- {
- ulog (LOG_ERROR, "setuid (%ld): %s", (long) ieuid, strerror (errno));
- /* Is this error message helpful or confusing? */
- if (errno == EPERM)
- ulog (LOG_ERROR,
- "Probably HAVE_SAVED_SETUID in policy.h should be set to 0");
- return FALSE;
- }
- #else /* ! HAVE_SAVED_SETUID */
- /* We didn't switch, no need to switch back. */
- #endif /* ! HAVE_SAVED_SETUID */
- #endif /* ! HAVE_SETREUID */
-
- return TRUE;
- }
-