65 lines
2.1 KiB
C
65 lines
2.1 KiB
C
/* $Id$ */
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/* Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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This file is part of the Gnome Top Library.
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Contributed by Martin Baulig <martin@home-of-linux.org>, April 1998.
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The Gnome Top Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
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published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
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License, or (at your option) any later version.
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The Gnome Top Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
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Library General Public License for more details.
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You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
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License along with the GNU C Library; see the file COPYING.LIB. If not,
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write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330,
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Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
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#include <glibtop/open.h>
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#include <unistd.h>
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#include <sys/types.h>
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/* Opens pipe to gtop server. Returns 0 on success and -1 on error. */
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/* !!! THIS FUNCTION RUNS SUID ROOT - CHANGE WITH CAUTION !!! */
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void
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glibtop_open (glibtop *server, const char *program_name)
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{
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/* !!! WE ARE ROOT HERE - CHANGE WITH CAUTION !!! */
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memset (server, 0, sizeof (glibtop));
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server->name = program_name;
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server->machine.uid = getuid ();
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server->machine.euid = geteuid ();
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server->machine.gid = getgid ();
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server->machine.egid = getegid ();
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server->machine.proctable_entries = table (TBL_PROCINFO, 0, NULL, INT_MAX, 0);
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/* Drop priviledges; we only become root when necessary.
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setreuid (ruid, euid) - set real and effective user id;
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setregid (rgid, egid) - set real and effective group id;
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*/
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if (setreuid (server->machine.euid, server->machine.uid))
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_exit (1);
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if (setregid (server->machine.egid, server->machine.gid))
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_exit (1);
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/* !!! END OF SUID ROOT PART !!! */
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/* Our effective uid is now those of the user invoking the server,
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so we do no longer have any priviledges.
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*/
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}
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