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priv-set: new module and accompanying tests; adapt write-any-file
* lib/priv-set.c: New file.
* lib/priv-set.h: New file.
* lib/unlinkdir.c: Make cannot_unlink_dir thread-safe.
* lib/write-any-file.c: Simplify by using priv-set module.
* m4/priv-set.m4: New file.
* modules/priv-set: New file.
* modules/unlinkdir: Add dependency on priv-set module.
* modules/write-any-file: Likewise.
These changes address a problem that originally arose with GNU tar:
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.tar.bugs/3242
Tests for module 'priv-set'.
* modules/priv-set-tests: New file.
author | David Bartley <dtbartle@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> |
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date | Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:52:26 -0400 |
parents | bbbbbf4cd1c5 |
children | b5e42ef33b49 |
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/* Determine whether we can write any file. Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 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 3 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, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ /* Written by Paul Eggert. */ #include <config.h> #include "write-any-file.h" #include "priv-set.h" #include <unistd.h> /* Return true if we know that we can write any file, including writing directories. */ bool can_write_any_file (void) { static bool initialized; static bool can_write; if (! initialized) { bool can = false; #if defined PRIV_FILE_DAC_WRITE can = (priv_set_ismember (PRIV_FILE_DAC_WRITE) == 1); #else /* In traditional Unix, only root can unlink directories. */ can = (geteuid () == 0); #endif can_write = can; initialized = true; } return can_write; }