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authorMichael Vogt <mvo@debian.org>2014-06-18 10:47:19 +0200
committerMichael Vogt <mvo@debian.org>2014-06-18 10:47:57 +0200
commit17091f2f33de16c2dae501e7868f7aec4fc3452f (patch)
treef3eed549bbcb50a46d7c10aa7c3a048cf7fee166 /apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
parentb6fea8bbe25e3c0312de72c99b0d49c699d02b7b (diff)
parentfc1a78d8e9b958f3d65fe1c03494d785314f9816 (diff)
Merge remote-tracking branch 'mvo/feature/drop-rights' into debian/experimental
Conflicts: apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.h
Diffstat (limited to 'apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc')
-rw-r--r--apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc18
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
index 29450ada0..6b8f04dea 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/contrib/fileutl.cc
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
#include <signal.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <glob.h>
+#include <pwd.h>
#include <set>
#include <algorithm>
@@ -2166,3 +2167,20 @@ bool Popen(const char* Args[], FileFd &Fd, pid_t &Child, FileFd::OpenMode Mode)
return true;
}
+
+bool DropPrivs()
+{
+ if (getuid() != 0)
+ return true;
+
+ const std::string nobody = _config->Find("APT::User::Nobody", "nobody");
+ struct passwd *pw = getpwnam(nobody.c_str());
+ if (pw == NULL)
+ return _error->Warning("No user %s, can not drop rights", nobody.c_str());
+ if (setgid(pw->pw_gid) != 0)
+ return _error->Errno("setgid", "Failed to setgid");
+ if (setuid(pw->pw_uid) != 0)
+ return _error->Errno("setuid", "Failed to setuid");
+
+ return true;
+}