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service: allow starting service with user's realuid

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Thomas Veerman 2012-02-01 13:21:56 +00:00
parent d5210e9bdd
commit d4cdd59eaa
3 changed files with 14 additions and 5 deletions
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commands/service/parse.c
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@ -138,11 +138,17 @@ PRIVATE void do_uid(config_t *cpe, struct rs_start *rs_start)
uid= pw->pw_uid;
else
{
uid= strtol(cpe->word, &check, 0);
if (check[0] != '\0')
if (!strncmp(cpe->word, KW_SELF, strlen(KW_SELF)+1))
{
fatal("do_uid: bad uid/login '%s' at %s:%d",
cpe->word, cpe->file, cpe->line);
uid= getuid(); /* Real uid */
}
else {
uid= strtol(cpe->word, &check, 0);
if (check[0] != '\0')
{
fatal("do_uid: bad uid/login '%s' at %s:%d",
cpe->word, cpe->file, cpe->line);
}
}
}

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commands/service/parse.h
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@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
#define KW_SERVICE "service"
#define KW_UID "uid"
#define KW_SELF "SELF"
#define KW_SIGMGR "sigmgr"
#define KW_SCHEDULER "scheduler"
#define KW_PRIORITY "priority"

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man/man5/system.conf.5
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@ -42,10 +42,12 @@ where \fI<program_name>\fR is the name of the program used to start the
given system service. In each service entry, the following options can
be used:
.PP
\fBuid\fR \fI<uid|user name>\fR\fB;\fR
\fBuid\fR \fI<uid|SELF|user name>\fR\fB;\fR
.PP
.RS
specifies the user id or the user name to use to run the system service.
\fISELF\fR can be used when the service has to start with the realuid of
the user who's executing the \fBservice\fR utility.
Many system services run with root privileges (uid \fB0\fR).
The default user is service (uid \fB12\fR).
.RE