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-rw-r--r--src/libutil/util.cc131
-rw-r--r--src/libutil/util.hh4
2 files changed, 1 insertions, 134 deletions
diff --git a/src/libutil/util.cc b/src/libutil/util.cc
index 375e0e1df..5623b0131 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/util.cc
@@ -11,11 +11,8 @@
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
-#include <fcntl.h>
-
#include <sys/types.h>
-#include <pwd.h>
-#include <grp.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
#include "util.hh"
@@ -891,130 +888,4 @@ bool string2Int(const string & s, int & n)
}
-//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-
-static bool haveSwitched;
-static uid_t savedUid, nixUid;
-static gid_t savedGid, nixGid;
-
-
-#if HAVE_SETRESUID
-#define _setuid(uid) setresuid(uid, uid, savedUid)
-#define _setgid(gid) setresgid(gid, gid, savedGid)
-#else
-/* Only works properly when run by root. */
-#define _setuid(uid) setuid(uid)
-#define _setgid(gid) setgid(gid)
-#endif
-
-
-void switchToNixUser()
-{
-#if 0
- fprintf(stderr, "real = %d/%d, effective = %d/%d\n",
- getuid(), getgid(), geteuid(), getegid());
-#endif
-
- /* Note: we require setresuid for now since I don't want to think
- to deeply about whether this works on systems that don't have
- setresuid. It's already hard enough. */
-
-#if HAVE_SETRESUID
-
- /* Setuid Nix operation works as follows:
-
- - The Nix binaries are owned by a Nix user and group, e.g.,
- nix.nix, and must setuid and setgid, e.g.,
-
- rwsrwsr-x nix.nix
-
- - Users (say alice.users) are only allowed to run (most) Nix
- operations if they are in the Nix group. If they aren't,
- some read-only operations (like nix-env -qa) may still work.
-
- - We run mostly under the Nix user/group, but we switch back to
- the calling user/group for some work, like reading Nix
- expressions.
-
- */
-
-
- /* Don't do anything if this is not a setuid binary. */
- if (getuid() == geteuid() && getgid() == getegid()) return;
-
- /* Here we set the uid and gid to the Nix user and group,
- respectively, IF the current (real) user is a member of the Nix
- group. (The Nix group is the group of the current executable,
- i.e., the current effective gid.) Otherwise we just drop all
- privileges. */
-
- nixGid = geteuid();
-
- /* Get the supplementary group IDs for the current user. */
- int maxGids = 512, nrGids;
- gid_t gids[maxGids];
- if ((nrGids = getgroups(maxGids, gids)) == -1) {
- std::cerr << format("unable to query gids\n");
- exit(1);
- }
-
- /* !!! Apparently it is unspecified whether getgroups() includes
- the effective gid. In that case the following test is always
- true *if* the program is installed setgid (which we do when we
- have setresuid()). On Linux this doesn't appear to be the
- case, but we should switch to the real gid before doing this
- test, and then switch back to the saved gid. */
-
- /* Check that the current user is a member of the Nix group. */
- bool found = false;
- for (int i = 0; i < nrGids; ++i)
- if (gids[i] == nixGid) {
- found = true;
- break;
- }
-
- if (!found) {
- /* Not in the Nix group - drop all root/Nix privileges. */
- _setgid(getgid());
- _setuid(getuid());
- return;
- }
-
- /* Save the uid/gid of the caller so the we can switch back to
- that uid/gid for temporary work, like accessing files, in
- SwitchToOriginaluser. */
- savedUid = getuid();
- savedGid = getgid();
-
- /* Set the real and effective gids to nixGid. Also make very sure
- that this succeeded. We switch the gid first because we cannot
- do it after we have dropped root uid. */
- if (_setgid(nixGid) != 0 || getgid() != nixGid || getegid() != nixGid) {
- std::cerr << format("unable to set gid to `%1%'\n") % nixGid;
- exit(1);
- }
-
- /* The Nix uid is the effective uid of the owner of the current
- executable, i.e., the current effective uid. */
- nixUid = geteuid();
-
- /* This will drop all root privileges, setting the real, effective
- and saved uids to pw->pw_uid. Also make very sure that this
- succeeded.*/
- if (_setuid(nixUid) != 0 || getuid() != nixUid || geteuid() != nixUid) {
- std::cerr << format("unable to set uid to `%1%'\n") % nixUid;
- exit(1);
- }
-
- /* !!! for setuid operation, we should: 1) wipe the environment;
- 2) verify file descriptors 0, 1, 2; 3) etc.
- See: http://www.daemon-systems.org/man/setuid.7.html
- */
-
- haveSwitched = true;
-#endif
-}
-
-
}
diff --git a/src/libutil/util.hh b/src/libutil/util.hh
index d1fb5b6e2..d49067dfe 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/util.hh
@@ -249,10 +249,6 @@ string int2String(int n);
bool string2Int(const string & s, int & n);
-/* Setuid support. */
-void switchToNixUser();
-
-
}