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1 #ifndef __SYS_PRIV_H__
2 #define __SYS_PRIV_H__
3 /******************************************************************************/
4 /* */
5 /* X r d S y s P r i v . h h */
6 /* */
7 /* (c) 2006 G. Ganis (CERN) */
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30 
31 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
32 // //
33 // XrdSysPriv //
34 // //
35 // Author: G. Ganis, CERN, 2006 //
36 // //
37 // Implementation of a privileges handling API following the paper //
38 // "Setuid Demystified" by H.Chen, D.Wagner, D.Dean //
39 // also quoted in "Secure programming Cookbook" by J.Viega & M.Messier. //
40 // //
41 // NB: this class can only used via XrdSysPrivGuard (see below) //
42 // //
43 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
44 
45 #if !defined(WINDOWS)
46 # include <sys/types.h>
47 #else
48 # define uid_t unsigned int
49 # define gid_t unsigned int
50 #endif
51 
52 #include "XrdSys/XrdSysPthread.hh"
53 
55 {
56  friend class XrdSysPrivGuard;
57  private:
58  // Ownership cannot be changed by thread, so there must be an overall
59  // locking
61 
62  XrdSysPriv();
63 
64  static bool fDebug;
65 
66  static int ChangeTo(uid_t uid, gid_t gid);
67  static void DumpUGID(const char *msg = 0);
68  static int Restore(bool saved = 1);
69 
70  public:
71  virtual ~XrdSysPriv() { }
72  static int ChangePerm(uid_t uid, gid_t gid);
73 };
74 
75 //
76 // Guard class;
77 // Usage:
78 //
79 // { XrdSysPrivGuard priv(tempuid);
80 //
81 // // Work as tempuid (maybe superuser)
82 // ...
83 //
84 // }
85 //
87 {
88  public:
89  XrdSysPrivGuard(uid_t uid, gid_t gid);
90  XrdSysPrivGuard(const char *user);
91  virtual ~XrdSysPrivGuard();
92  bool Valid() const { return valid; }
93  private:
94  bool dum;
95  bool valid;
96  void Init(uid_t uid, gid_t gid);
97 };
98 
99 #endif
friend class XrdSysPrivGuard
Definition: XrdSysPriv.hh:56
static bool fDebug
Definition: XrdSysPriv.hh:64
#define XrdSysRecMutex
Definition: XrdSysToOuc.h:18
static int ChangePerm(uid_t uid, gid_t gid)
void Init(TClassEdit::TInterpreterLookupHelper *helper)
Definition: TClassEdit.cxx:119
static int Restore(bool saved=1)
static void DumpUGID(const char *msg=0)
virtual ~XrdSysPriv()
Definition: XrdSysPriv.hh:71
static int ChangeTo(uid_t uid, gid_t gid)
bool Valid() const
Definition: XrdSysPriv.hh:92
static XrdSysRecMutex fgMutex
Definition: XrdSysPriv.hh:60