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+/* uid.c
+ Switch back and forth between UUCP and user permissions.
+
+ Copyright (C) 1992, 1995 Ian Lance Taylor
+
+ This file is part of the Taylor UUCP package.
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+ License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+ The author of the program may be contacted at ian@airs.com or
+ c/o Cygnus Support, 48 Grove Street, Somerville, MA 02144.
+ */
+
+#include "uucp.h"
+
+#include "uudefs.h"
+#include "sysdep.h"
+
+#include <errno.h>
+
+/* Switch to permissions of the invoking user. */
+
+boolean
+fsuser_perms (pieuid)
+ uid_t *pieuid;
+{
+ uid_t ieuid, iuid;
+
+ ieuid = geteuid ();
+ iuid = getuid ();
+ if (pieuid != NULL)
+ *pieuid = ieuid;
+
+#if HAVE_SETREUID
+ /* Swap the effective user id and the real user id. We can then
+ swap them back again when we want to return to the uucp user's
+ permissions. */
+ if (setreuid (ieuid, iuid) < 0)
+ {
+ ulog (LOG_ERROR, "setreuid (%ld, %ld): %s",
+ (long) ieuid, (long) iuid, strerror (errno));
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+#else /* ! HAVE_SETREUID */
+#if HAVE_SAVED_SETUID
+ /* Set the effective user id to the real user id. Since the
+ effective user id is saved (it's the saved setuid) we will able
+ to set back to it later. If the real user id is root we will not
+ be able to switch back and forth, so don't even try. */
+ if (iuid != 0)
+ {
+ if (setuid (iuid) < 0)
+ {
+ ulog (LOG_ERROR, "setuid (%ld): %s", (long) iuid, strerror (errno));
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+ }
+#else /* ! HAVE_SAVED_SETUID */
+ /* There's no way to switch between real permissions and effective
+ permissions. Just try to open the file with the uucp
+ permissions. */
+#endif /* ! HAVE_SAVED_SETUID */
+#endif /* ! HAVE_SETREUID */
+
+ return TRUE;
+}
+
+/* Restore the uucp permissions. */
+
+/*ARGSUSED*/
+boolean
+fsuucp_perms (ieuid)
+ long ieuid;
+{
+#if HAVE_SETREUID
+ /* Swap effective and real user id's back to what they were. */
+ if (! fsuser_perms ((uid_t *) NULL))
+ return FALSE;
+#else /* ! HAVE_SETREUID */
+#if HAVE_SAVED_SETUID
+ /* Set ourselves back to our original effective user id. */
+ if (setuid ((uid_t) ieuid) < 0)
+ {
+ ulog (LOG_ERROR, "setuid (%ld): %s", (long) ieuid, strerror (errno));
+ /* Is this error message helpful or confusing? */
+ if (errno == EPERM)
+ ulog (LOG_ERROR,
+ "Probably HAVE_SAVED_SETUID in policy.h should be set to 0");
+ return FALSE;
+ }
+#else /* ! HAVE_SAVED_SETUID */
+ /* We didn't switch, no need to switch back. */
+#endif /* ! HAVE_SAVED_SETUID */
+#endif /* ! HAVE_SETREUID */
+
+ return TRUE;
+}
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