/* $OpenBSD: privs.h,v 1.2 1996/06/26 05:31:31 deraadt Exp $ */ /* $NetBSD: privs.h,v 1.3 1995/03/25 18:13:41 glass Exp $ */ /* * privs.h - header for privileged operations * Copyright (c) 1993 by Thomas Koenig * All rights reserved. * * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions * are met: * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. * 2. The name of the author(s) may not be used to endorse or promote * products derived from this software without specific prior written * permission. * * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR(S) ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR * IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES * OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. * IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, * INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT * NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF * THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. * */ #ifndef _PRIVS_H #define _PRIVS_H #include /* Relinquish privileges temporarily for a setuid program * with the option of getting them back later. This is done by swapping * the real and effective userid BSD style. Call RELINQUISH_PRIVS once * at the beginning of the main program. This will cause all operatons * to be executed with the real userid. When you need the privileges * of the setuid invocation, call PRIV_START; when you no longer * need it, call PRIV_END. Note that it is an error to call PRIV_START * and not PRIV_END within the same function. * * Use RELINQUISH_PRIVS_ROOT(a) if your program started out running * as root, and you want to drop back the effective userid to a * and the effective group id to b, with the option to get them back * later. * * If you no longer need root privileges, but those of some other * userid, you can call REDUCE_PRIV(a) when your effective * is the user's. * * Problems: Do not use return between PRIV_START and PRIV_END; this * will cause the program to continue running in an unprivileged * state. * * It is NOT safe to call exec(), system() or popen() with a user- * supplied program (i.e. without carefully checking PATH and any * library load paths) with relinquished privileges; the called program * can aquire them just as easily. Set both effective and real userid * to the real userid before calling any of them. */ #ifndef MAIN extern #endif uid_t real_uid, effective_uid; #define RELINQUISH_PRIVS { \ real_uid = getuid(); \ effective_uid = geteuid(); \ seteuid(real_uid); \ } #define RELINQUISH_PRIVS_ROOT(a) { \ real_uid = (a); \ effective_uid = geteuid(); \ seteuid(real_uid); \ } #define PRIV_START { \ seteuid(effective_uid); #define PRIV_END \ seteuid(real_uid); \ } #define REDUCE_PRIV(a) { \ seteuid(effective_uid); \ real_uid = effective_uid = (a); \ setuid(real_uid); \ } #endif