method

change_privilege

v2_5_5 - Show latest stable - 0 notes - Class: Process::UID

change_privilege(p1) public

Change the current process’s real and effective user ID to that specified by user. Returns the new user ID. Not available on all platforms.

[Process.uid, Process.euid]          #=> [0, 0]
Process::UID.change_privilege(31)    #=> 31
[Process.uid, Process.euid]          #=> [31, 31]

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static VALUE
p_uid_change_privilege(VALUE obj, VALUE id)
{
    rb_uid_t uid;

    check_uid_switch();

    uid = OBJ2UID(id);

    if (geteuid() == 0) { /* root-user */
#if defined(HAVE_SETRESUID)
        if (setresuid(uid, uid, uid) < 0) rb_sys_fail(0);
        SAVED_USER_ID = uid;
#elif defined(HAVE_SETUID)
        if (setuid(uid) < 0) rb_sys_fail(0);
        SAVED_USER_ID = uid;
#elif defined(HAVE_SETREUID) && !defined(OBSOLETE_SETREUID)
        if (getuid() == uid) {
            if (SAVED_USER_ID == uid) {
                if (setreuid(-1, uid) < 0) rb_sys_fail(0);
            }
            else {
                if (uid == 0) { /* (r,e,s) == (root, root, x) */
                    if (setreuid(-1, SAVED_USER_ID) < 0) rb_sys_fail(0);
                    if (setreuid(SAVED_USER_ID, 0) < 0) rb_sys_fail(0);
                    SAVED_USER_ID = 0; /* (r,e,s) == (x, root, root) */
                    if (setreuid(uid, uid) < 0) rb_sys_fail(0);
                    SAVED_USER_ID = uid;
                }
                else {
                    if (setreuid(0, -1) < 0) rb_sys_fail(0);
                    SAVED_USER_ID = 0;
                    if (setreuid(uid, uid) < 0) rb_sys_fail(0);
                    SAVED_USER_ID = uid;
                }
            }
        }
        else {
            if (setreuid(uid, uid) < 0) rb_sys_fail(0);
            SAVED_USER_ID = uid;
        }
#elif defined(HAVE_SETRUID) && defined(HAVE_SETEUID)
        if (getuid() == uid) {
            if (SAVED_USER_ID == uid) {
                if (seteuid(uid) < 0) rb_sys_fail(0);
            }
            else {
                if (uid == 0) {
                    if (setruid(SAVED_USER_ID) < 0) rb_sys_fail(0);
                    SAVED_USER_ID = 0;
                    if (setruid(0) < 0) rb_sys_fail(0);
                }
                else {
                    if (setruid(0) < 0) rb_sys_fail(0);
                    SAVED_USER_ID = 0;
                    if (seteuid(uid) < 0) rb_sys_fail(0);
                    if (setruid(uid) < 0) rb_sys_fail(0);
                    SAVED_USER_ID = uid;
                }
            }
        }
        else {
            if (seteuid(uid) < 0) rb_sys_fail(0);
            if (setruid(uid) < 0) rb_sys_fail(0);
            SAVED_USER_ID = uid;
        }
#else
        (void)uid;
        rb_notimplement();
#endif
    }
    else { /* unprivileged user */
#if defined(HAVE_SETRESUID)
        if (setresuid((getuid() == uid)? (rb_uid_t)-1: uid,
                      (geteuid() == uid)? (rb_uid_t)-1: uid,
                      (SAVED_USER_ID == uid)? (rb_uid_t)-1: uid) < 0) rb_sys_fail(0);
        SAVED_USER_ID = uid;
#elif defined(HAVE_SETREUID) && !defined(OBSOLETE_SETREUID)
        if (SAVED_USER_ID == uid) {
            if (setreuid((getuid() == uid)? (rb_uid_t)-1: uid,
                         (geteuid() == uid)? (rb_uid_t)-1: uid) < 0)
                rb_sys_fail(0);
        }
        else if (getuid() != uid) {
            if (setreuid(uid, (geteuid() == uid)? (rb_uid_t)-1: uid) < 0)
                rb_sys_fail(0);
            SAVED_USER_ID = uid;
        }
        else if (/* getuid() == uid && */ geteuid() != uid) {
            if (setreuid(geteuid(), uid) < 0) rb_sys_fail(0);
            SAVED_USER_ID = uid;
            if (setreuid(uid, -1) < 0) rb_sys_fail(0);
        }
        else { /* getuid() == uid && geteuid() == uid */
            if (setreuid(-1, SAVED_USER_ID) < 0) rb_sys_fail(0);
            if (setreuid(SAVED_USER_ID, uid) < 0) rb_sys_fail(0);
            SAVED_USER_ID = uid;
            if (setreuid(uid, -1) < 0) rb_sys_fail(0);
        }
#elif defined(HAVE_SETRUID) && defined(HAVE_SETEUID)
        if (SAVED_USER_ID == uid) {
            if (geteuid() != uid && seteuid(uid) < 0) rb_sys_fail(0);
            if (getuid() != uid && setruid(uid) < 0) rb_sys_fail(0);
        }
        else if (/* SAVED_USER_ID != uid && */ geteuid() == uid) {
            if (getuid() != uid) {
                if (setruid(uid) < 0) rb_sys_fail(0);
                SAVED_USER_ID = uid;
            }
            else {
                if (setruid(SAVED_USER_ID) < 0) rb_sys_fail(0);
                SAVED_USER_ID = uid;
                if (setruid(uid) < 0) rb_sys_fail(0);
            }
        }
        else if (/* geteuid() != uid && */ getuid() == uid) {
            if (seteuid(uid) < 0) rb_sys_fail(0);
            if (setruid(SAVED_USER_ID) < 0) rb_sys_fail(0);
            SAVED_USER_ID = uid;
            if (setruid(uid) < 0) rb_sys_fail(0);
        }
        else {
            rb_syserr_fail(EPERM, 0);
        }
#elif defined HAVE_44BSD_SETUID
        if (getuid() == uid) {
            /* (r,e,s)==(uid,?,?) ==> (uid,uid,uid) */
            if (setuid(uid) < 0) rb_sys_fail(0);
            SAVED_USER_ID = uid;
        }
        else {
            rb_syserr_fail(EPERM, 0);
        }
#elif defined HAVE_SETEUID
        if (getuid() == uid && SAVED_USER_ID == uid) {
            if (seteuid(uid) < 0) rb_sys_fail(0);
        }
        else {
            rb_syserr_fail(EPERM, 0);
        }
#elif defined HAVE_SETUID
        if (getuid() == uid && SAVED_USER_ID == uid) {
            if (setuid(uid) < 0) rb_sys_fail(0);
        }
        else {
            rb_syserr_fail(EPERM, 0);
        }
#else
        rb_notimplement();
#endif
    }
    return id;
}

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