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authorEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2006-12-07T00·16+0000
committerEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2006-12-07T00·16+0000
commit6a8e60913ac470c704510a733d40d3fab3ecb00d (patch)
tree5e089d76841c314608dbcb85c5f6a6f8ae86a1ea /src
parent79875c5e42eca2e2d05f439da4b0da778385678a (diff)
* Move killUser() to libutil so that the setuid helper can use it.
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
-rw-r--r--src/libstore/build.cc75
-rw-r--r--src/libutil/util.cc47
-rw-r--r--src/libutil/util.hh5
3 files changed, 79 insertions, 48 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstore/build.cc b/src/libstore/build.cc
index ec3353cf3bae..53284c89032f 100644
--- a/src/libstore/build.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/build.cc
@@ -352,6 +352,8 @@ public:
 
     uid_t getUID();
     uid_t getGID();
+
+    bool enabled();
 };
 
 
@@ -452,55 +454,28 @@ uid_t UserLock::getGID()
 }
 
 
-static void killUser(uid_t uid)
+bool UserLock::enabled()
 {
-    debug(format("killing all processes running under uid `%1%'") % uid);
-    
-    assert(uid != rootUserId); /* just to be safe... */
-
-    /* The system call kill(-1, sig) sends the signal `sig' to all
-       users to which the current process can send signals.  So we
-       fork a process, switch to uid, and send a mass kill. */
-
-    Pid pid;
-    pid = fork();
-    switch (pid) {
-
-    case -1:
-        throw SysError("unable to fork");
+    return uid != 0;
+}
 
-    case 0:
-        try { /* child */
 
-            if (setuid(uid) == -1) abort();
+static bool amPrivileged()
+{
+    return geteuid() == 0;
+}
 
-	    while (true) {
-		if (kill(-1, SIGKILL) == 0) break;
-		if (errno == ESRCH) break; /* no more processes */
-		if (errno != EINTR)
-		    throw SysError(format("cannot kill processes for uid `%1%'") % uid);
-	    }
-        
-        } catch (std::exception & e) {
-            std::cerr << format("killing processes beloging to uid `%1%': %1%\n")
-                % uid % e.what();
-            quickExit(1);
-        }
-        quickExit(0);
-    }
-    
-    /* parent */
-    if (pid.wait(true) != 0)
-        throw Error(format("cannot kill processes for uid `%1%'") % uid);
 
-    /* !!! We should really do some check to make sure that there are
-       no processes left running under `uid', but there is no portable
-       way to do so (I think).  The most reliable way may be `ps -eo
-       uid | grep -q $uid'. */
+void killUserWrapped(uid_t uid)
+{
+    if (amPrivileged())
+        killUser(uid);
+    else
+        /* !!! TODO */
+        printMsg(lvlError, "must kill");
 }
 
 
-
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 
@@ -825,8 +800,8 @@ void DerivationGoal::buildDone()
        malicious user from leaving behind a process that keeps files
        open and modifies them after they have been chown'ed to
        root. */
-    if (buildUser.getUID() != 0)
-        killUser(buildUser.getUID());
+    if (buildUser.enabled())
+        killUserWrapped(buildUser.getUID());
 
     /* Close the read side of the logger pipe. */
     logPipe.readSide.close();
@@ -1308,11 +1283,15 @@ void DerivationGoal::startBuilder()
 
         /* Make sure that no other processes are executing under this
            uid. */
-        killUser(buildUser.getUID());
+        killUserWrapped(buildUser.getUID());
         
-        /* Change ownership of the temporary build directory.  !!! gid */
-        if (chown(tmpDir.c_str(), buildUser.getUID(), (gid_t) -1) == -1)
-            throw SysError(format("cannot change ownership of `%1%'") % tmpDir);
+        /* Change ownership of the temporary build directory, if we're
+           root.  If we're not root, then the setuid helper will do it
+           just before it starts the builder. */
+        if (amPrivileged()) {
+            if (chown(tmpDir.c_str(), buildUser.getUID(), buildUser.getGID()) == -1)
+                throw SysError(format("cannot change ownership of `%1%'") % tmpDir);
+        }
 
         /* Check that the Nix store has the appropriate permissions,
            i.e., owned by root and mode 1775 (sticky bit on so that
@@ -1325,7 +1304,7 @@ void DerivationGoal::startBuilder()
             ((st.st_mode & S_IRWXG) != S_IRWXG) ||
             (st.st_gid != buildUser.getGID()))
             throw Error(format(
-                "builder does not have write permission to `%1%'; "
+                "builder does not have write permission to `%2%'; "
                 "try `chgrp %1% %2%; chmod 1775 %2%'")
                 % buildUser.getGID() % nixStore);
     }
diff --git a/src/libutil/util.cc b/src/libutil/util.cc
index ae5fe821e78b..5907adc80718 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/util.cc
@@ -707,6 +707,53 @@ void Pid::setSeparatePG(bool separatePG)
 }
 
 
+void killUser(uid_t uid)
+{
+    debug(format("killing all processes running under uid `%1%'") % uid);
+
+    assert(uid != 0); /* just to be safe... */
+
+    /* The system call kill(-1, sig) sends the signal `sig' to all
+       users to which the current process can send signals.  So we
+       fork a process, switch to uid, and send a mass kill. */
+
+    Pid pid;
+    pid = fork();
+    switch (pid) {
+
+    case -1:
+        throw SysError("unable to fork");
+
+    case 0:
+        try { /* child */
+
+            if (setuid(uid) == -1) abort();
+
+	    while (true) {
+		if (kill(-1, SIGKILL) == 0) break;
+		if (errno == ESRCH) break; /* no more processes */
+		if (errno != EINTR)
+		    throw SysError(format("cannot kill processes for uid `%1%'") % uid);
+	    }
+        
+        } catch (std::exception & e) {
+            std::cerr << format("killing processes beloging to uid `%1%': %1%\n")
+                % uid % e.what();
+            quickExit(1);
+        }
+        quickExit(0);
+    }
+    
+    /* parent */
+    if (pid.wait(true) != 0)
+        throw Error(format("cannot kill processes for uid `%1%'") % uid);
+
+    /* !!! We should really do some check to make sure that there are
+       no processes left running under `uid', but there is no portable
+       way to do so (I think).  The most reliable way may be `ps -eo
+       uid | grep -q $uid'. */
+}
+
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
diff --git a/src/libutil/util.hh b/src/libutil/util.hh
index b88508dec30d..b850ee798c7c 100644
--- a/src/libutil/util.hh
+++ b/src/libutil/util.hh
@@ -224,6 +224,11 @@ public:
 };
 
 
+/* Kill all processes running under the specified uid by sending them
+   a SIGKILL. */
+void killUser(uid_t uid);
+
+
 /* Run a program and return its stdout in a string (i.e., like the
    shell backtick operator). */
 string runProgram(Path program);