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diff --git a/vdr.c b/vdr.c
index 0d22f257..cb4ca566 100644
--- a/vdr.c
+++ b/vdr.c
@@ -22,13 +22,17 @@
*
* The project's page is at http://www.cadsoft.de/vdr
*
- * $Id: vdr.c 1.223 2005/12/30 15:07:47 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: vdr.c 1.224 2005/12/31 13:30:11 kls Exp $
*/
#include <getopt.h>
+#include <grp.h>
#include <locale.h>
+#include <pwd.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <sys/capability.h>
+#include <sys/prctl.h>
#include <termios.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include "audio.h"
@@ -72,6 +76,57 @@
static int Interrupted = 0;
+static bool SetUser(const char *UserName)
+{
+ if (UserName) {
+ struct passwd *user = getpwnam(UserName);
+ if (!user) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "vdr: unknown user: '%s'\n", UserName);
+ return false;
+ }
+ if (setgid(user->pw_gid) < 0) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "vdr: cannot set group id %u: %s\n", (unsigned int)user->pw_gid, strerror(errno));
+ return false;
+ }
+ if (initgroups(user->pw_name, user->pw_gid) < 0) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "vdr: cannot set supplemental group ids for user %s: %s\n", user->pw_name, strerror(errno));
+ return false;
+ }
+ if (setuid(user->pw_uid) < 0) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "vdr: cannot set user id %u: %s\n", (unsigned int)user->pw_uid, strerror(errno));
+ return false;
+ }
+ }
+ return true;
+}
+
+static bool SetCapSysTime(void)
+{
+ // drop all capabilities except cap_sys_time
+ cap_t caps = cap_from_text("= cap_sys_time=ep");
+ if (!caps) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "vdr: cap_from_text failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+ return false;
+ }
+ if (cap_set_proc(caps) == -1) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "vdr: cap_set_proc failed: %s\n", strerror(errno));
+ cap_free(caps);
+ return false;
+ }
+ cap_free(caps);
+ return true;
+}
+
+static bool SetKeepCaps(bool On)
+{
+ // set keeping capabilities during setuid() on/off
+ if (prctl(PR_SET_KEEPCAPS, On ? 1 : 0, 0, 0, 0) != 0) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "vdr: prctl failed\n");
+ return false;
+ }
+ return true;
+}
+
static void SignalHandler(int signum)
{
if (signum != SIGPIPE) {
@@ -102,11 +157,14 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
// Command line options:
+#define DEFAULTVDRUSER "vdr"
#define DEFAULTSVDRPPORT 2001
#define DEFAULTWATCHDOG 0 // seconds
#define DEFAULTPLUGINDIR PLUGINDIR
#define DEFAULTEPGDATAFILENAME "epg.data"
+ bool StartedAsRoot = false;
+ const char *VdrUser = DEFAULTVDRUSER;
int SVDRPport = DEFAULTSVDRPPORT;
const char *AudioCommand = NULL;
const char *ConfigDirectory = NULL;
@@ -157,6 +215,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{ "record", required_argument, NULL, 'r' },
{ "shutdown", required_argument, NULL, 's' },
{ "terminal", required_argument, NULL, 't' },
+ { "user", required_argument, NULL, 'u' },
{ "version", no_argument, NULL, 'V' },
{ "vfat", no_argument, NULL, 'v' | 0x100 },
{ "video", required_argument, NULL, 'v' },
@@ -165,7 +224,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
};
int c;
- while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "a:c:dD:E:g:hl:L:mp:P:r:s:t:v:Vw:", long_options, NULL)) != -1) {
+ while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "a:c:dD:E:g:hl:L:mp:P:r:s:t:u:v:Vw:", long_options, NULL)) != -1) {
switch (c) {
case 'a': AudioCommand = optarg;
break;
@@ -251,6 +310,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
return 2;
}
break;
+ case 'u': if (*optarg)
+ VdrUser = optarg;
+ break;
case 'V': DisplayVersion = true;
break;
case 'v' | 0x100:
@@ -273,6 +335,20 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
}
}
+ // Set user id in case we were started as root:
+
+ if (getuid() == 0) {
+ StartedAsRoot = true;
+ if (!SetKeepCaps(true))
+ return 2;
+ if (!SetUser(VdrUser))
+ return 2;
+ if (!SetKeepCaps(false))
+ return 2;
+ if (!SetCapSysTime())
+ return 2;
+ }
+
// Help and version info:
if (DisplayHelp || DisplayVersion) {
@@ -288,12 +364,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
" -D NUM, --device=NUM use only the given DVB device (NUM = 0, 1, 2...)\n"
" there may be several -D options (default: all DVB\n"
" devices will be used)\n"
- " -E FILE --epgfile=FILE write the EPG data into the given FILE (default is\n"
+ " -E FILE, --epgfile=FILE write the EPG data into the given FILE (default is\n"
" '%s' in the video directory)\n"
" '-E-' disables this\n"
" if FILE is a directory, the default EPG file will be\n"
" created in that directory\n"
- " -g DIR --grab=DIR write images from the SVDRP command GRAB into the\n"
+ " -g DIR, --grab=DIR write images from the SVDRP command GRAB into the\n"
" given DIR; DIR must be the full path name of an\n"
" existing directory, without any \"..\", double '/'\n"
" or symlinks (default: none, same as -g-)\n"
@@ -316,6 +392,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
" -r CMD, --record=CMD call CMD before and after a recording\n"
" -s CMD, --shutdown=CMD call CMD to shutdown the computer\n"
" -t TTY, --terminal=TTY controlling tty\n"
+ " -u USER, --user=USER run as user USER (default: %s); only applicable\n"
+ " if started as root\n"
" -v DIR, --video=DIR use DIR as video directory (default: %s)\n"
" -V, --version print version information and exit\n"
" --vfat encode special characters in recording names to\n"
@@ -328,6 +406,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
LIRC_DEVICE,
DEFAULTSVDRPPORT,
RCU_DEVICE,
+ DEFAULTVDRUSER,
VideoDirectory,
DEFAULTWATCHDOG
);
@@ -378,7 +457,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
if (DaemonMode) {
if (daemon(1, 0) == -1) {
- fprintf(stderr, "%m\n");
+ fprintf(stderr, "vdr: %m\n");
esyslog("ERROR: %m");
return 2;
}
@@ -392,6 +471,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
}
isyslog("VDR version %s started", VDRVERSION);
+ if (StartedAsRoot)
+ isyslog("switched to user '%s'", VdrUser);
// Main program loop variables - need to be here to have them initialized before any EXIT():