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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1995-07-20 21:57:15 (GMT)
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+/*
+ Template for a setuid program that calls a script.
+
+ The script should be in an unwritable directory and should itself
+ be unwritable. In fact all parent directories up to the root
+ should be unwritable. The script must not be setuid, that's what
+ this program is for.
+
+ This is a template program. You need to fill in the name of the
+ script that must be executed. This is done by changing the
+ definition of FULL_PATH below.
+
+ There are also some rules that should be adhered to when writing
+ the script itself.
+
+ The first and most important rule is to never, ever trust that the
+ user of the program will behave properly. Program defensively.
+ Check your arguments for reasonableness. If the user is allowed to
+ create files, check the names of the files. If the program depends
+ on argv[0] for the action it should perform, check it.
+
+ Assuming the script is a Bourne shell script, the first line of the
+ script should be
+ #!/bin/sh -
+ The - is important, don't omit it. If you're using esh, the first
+ line should be
+ #!/usr/local/bin/esh -f
+ and for ksh, the first line should be
+ #!/usr/local/bin/ksh -p
+ The script should then set the variable IFS to the string
+ consisting of <space>, <tab>, and <newline>. After this (*not*
+ before!), the PATH variable should be set to a reasonable value and
+ exported. Do not expect the PATH to have a reasonable value, so do
+ not trust the old value of PATH. You should then set the umask of
+ the program by calling
+ umask 077 # or 022 if you want the files to be readable
+ If you plan to change directories, you should either unset CDPATH
+ or set it to a good value. Setting CDPATH to just ``.'' (dot) is a
+ good idea.
+ If, for some reason, you want to use csh, the first line should be
+ #!/bin/csh -fb
+ You should then set the path variable to something reasonable,
+ without trusting the inherited path. Here too, you should set the
+ umask using the command
+ umask 077 # or 022 if you want the files to be readable
+*/
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
+/* CONFIGURATION SECTION */
+
+#ifndef FULL_PATH /* so that this can be specified from the Makefile */
+#define FULL_PATH "/full/path/of/script"
+#endif
+#ifndef UMASK
+#define UMASK 077
+#endif
+
+/* END OF CONFIGURATION SECTION */
+
+#if defined(__STDC__) && defined(__sgi)
+#define environ _environ
+#endif
+
+/* don't change def_IFS */
+char def_IFS[] = "IFS= \t\n";
+/* you may want to change def_PATH, but you should really change it in */
+/* your script */
+#ifdef __sgi
+char def_PATH[] = "PATH=/usr/bsd:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin";
+#else
+char def_PATH[] = "PATH=/usr/ucb:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/local/bin";
+#endif
+/* don't change def_CDPATH */
+char def_CDPATH[] = "CDPATH=.";
+/* don't change def_ENV */
+char def_ENV[] = "ENV=:";
+
+/*
+ This function changes all environment variables that start with LD_
+ into variables that start with XD_. This is important since we
+ don't want the script that is executed to use any funny shared
+ libraries.
+
+ The other changes to the environment are, strictly speaking, not
+ needed here. They can safely be done in the script. They are done
+ here because we don't trust the script writer (just like the script
+ writer shouldn't trust the user of the script).
+ If IFS is set in the environment, set it to space,tab,newline.
+ If CDPATH is set in the environment, set it to ``.''.
+ Set PATH to a reasonable default.
+*/
+void
+clean_environ(void)
+{
+ char **p;
+ extern char **environ;
+
+ for (p = environ; *p; p++) {
+ if (strncmp(*p, "LD_", 3) == 0)
+ **p = 'X';
+ else if (strncmp(*p, "_RLD", 4) == 0)
+ **p = 'X';
+ else if (strncmp(*p, "IFS=", 4) == 0)
+ *p = def_IFS;
+ else if (strncmp(*p, "CDPATH=", 7) == 0)
+ *p = def_CDPATH;
+ else if (strncmp(*p, "ENV=", 4) == 0)
+ *p = def_ENV;
+ }
+ putenv(def_PATH);
+}
+
+int
+main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+ struct stat statb;
+ gid_t egid = getegid();
+ uid_t euid = geteuid();
+
+ /*
+ Sanity check #1.
+ This check should be made compile-time, but that's not possible.
+ If you're sure that you specified a full path name for FULL_PATH,
+ you can omit this check.
+ */
+ if (FULL_PATH[0] != '/') {
+ fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s is not a full path name\n", argv[0],
+ FULL_PATH);
+ fprintf(stderr, "Tell this program's maintainer that s\\he ");
+ fprintf(stderr, "fouled up some simple rules\n");
+ fprintf(stderr, "pretty badly.\n");
+ exit(1);
+ }
+
+ /*
+ Sanity check #2.
+ Check that the owner of the script is equal to either the
+ effective uid or the super user.
+ */
+ if (stat(FULL_PATH, &statb) < 0) {
+ perror("stat");
+ exit(1);
+ }
+ if (statb.st_uid != 0 && statb.st_uid != euid) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s has the wrong owner\n", argv[0],
+ FULL_PATH);
+ fprintf(stderr, "Tell this program's maintainer that the ");
+ fprintf(stderr, "script should be owned by him/herself or the\n");
+ fprintf(stderr, "superuser.\n");
+ exit(1);
+ }
+
+ if (setregid(egid, egid) < 0)
+ perror("setregid");
+ if (setreuid(euid, euid) < 0)
+ perror("setreuid");
+
+ clean_environ();
+
+ umask(UMASK);
+
+ while (**argv == '-') /* don't let argv[0] start with '-' */
+ (*argv)++;
+ execv(FULL_PATH, argv);
+ fprintf(stderr, "%s: could not execute the script\n", argv[0]);
+ exit(1);
+}