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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.
25 # Class to manage user groups
32 var group
: nullable String
34 # Drop privileges of a user and set his privileges back to default (program privileges)
37 var passwd
= new Passwd.from_name
(user
)
43 var gpasswd
= new Group.from_name
(group
)
52 # Option to ask for a username and group
53 class OptionUserAndGroup
56 redef type VALUE: nullable UserGroup
58 init for_dropping_privileges
do init("Drop privileges to user:group or simply user", "-u", "--usergroup")
59 init(help
: String, names
: String...) do super(help
, null, names
)
61 redef fun convert
(str
)
63 var words
= str
.split
(":")
64 if words
.length
== 1 then
65 return new UserGroup(str
, null)
66 else if words
.length
== 2 then
67 return new UserGroup(words
[0], words
[1])
69 errors
.add
("Option {names.join(", ")} expected parameter in the format \"user
:group\
" or simply \"user\
".\n")
70 abort # FIXME only for nitc, remove and replace with next line when FFI is working in nitg