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3 # Copyright 2013 Alexis Laferrière <alexis.laf@xymus.net>
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17 # Process privileges management utilities
19 # Used mainly by daemons and such to aquire resources as su and
20 # then drop back to a restricted user.
26 # Does the operating system know the user named `self`?
29 var passwd
= new Passwd.from_name
(to_s
)
30 return not passwd
.address_is_null
33 # Does the operating system know the group named `self`?
34 fun group_exists
: Bool
36 var passwd
= new Group.from_name
(to_s
)
37 return not passwd
.address_is_null
41 # Class to manage user groups
48 var group
: nullable String
50 # Drop privileges of a user and set his privileges back to default (program privileges)
53 var passwd
= new Passwd.from_name
(user
)
59 var gpasswd
= new Group.from_name
(group
)
68 # Option to ask for a username and group
69 class OptionUserAndGroup
72 redef type VALUE: nullable UserGroup
74 init for_dropping_privileges
do init("Drop privileges to user:group or simply user", "-u", "--usergroup")
75 init(help
: String, names
: String...) do super(help
, null, names
)
77 redef fun convert
(str
)
79 var words
= str
.split
(":")
80 if words
.length
== 1 then
81 return new UserGroup(str
, null)
82 else if words
.length
== 2 then
83 return new UserGroup(words
[0], words
[1])
85 errors
.add
("Option {names.join(", ")} expected parameter in the format \"user
:group\
" or simply \"user\
".\n")
86 abort # FIXME only for nitc, remove and replace with next line when FFI is working in nitg