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1 /* userspec.c -- Parse a user and group string.
2 Copyright (C) 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
5 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
6 the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
7 any later version.
9 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
10 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
11 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
12 GNU General Public License for more details.
14 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
15 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
16 Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */
18 /* Written by David MacKenzie <djm@gnu.ai.mit.edu>. */
20 #if HAVE_CONFIG_H
21 # include <config.h>
22 #endif
24 #ifdef __GNUC__
25 # define alloca __builtin_alloca
26 #else
27 # ifdef HAVE_ALLOCA_H
28 # include <alloca.h>
29 # else
30 # ifdef _AIX
31 # pragma alloca
32 # else
33 char *alloca ();
34 # endif
35 # endif
36 #endif
38 #include <stdio.h>
39 #include <sys/types.h>
40 #include <pwd.h>
41 #include <grp.h>
43 #if HAVE_STRING_H
44 # include <string.h>
45 #else
46 # include <strings.h>
47 # ifndef strchr
48 # define strchr index
49 # endif
50 #endif
52 #if STDC_HEADERS
53 # include <stdlib.h>
54 #endif
56 #if HAVE_UNISTD_H
57 # include <unistd.h>
58 #endif
60 #ifndef _POSIX_VERSION
61 struct passwd *getpwnam ();
62 struct group *getgrnam ();
63 struct group *getgrgid ();
64 #endif
66 #ifndef HAVE_ENDGRENT
67 # define endgrent() ((void) 0)
68 #endif
70 #ifndef HAVE_ENDPWENT
71 # define endpwent() ((void) 0)
72 #endif
74 /* Perform the equivalent of the statement `dest = strdup (src);',
75 but obtaining storage via alloca instead of from the heap. */
77 #define V_STRDUP(dest, src) \
78 do \
79 { \
80 int _len = strlen ((src)); \
81 (dest) = (char *) alloca (_len + 1); \
82 strcpy (dest, src); \
83 } \
84 while (0)
86 #define isdigit(c) ((c) >= '0' && (c) <= '9')
88 char *strdup ();
90 /* Return nonzero if STR represents an unsigned decimal integer,
91 otherwise return 0. */
93 static int
94 is_number (str)
95 const char *str;
97 for (; *str; str++)
98 if (!isdigit (*str))
99 return 0;
100 return 1;
103 /* Extract from NAME, which has the form "[user][:.][group]",
104 a USERNAME, UID U, GROUPNAME, and GID G.
105 Either user or group, or both, must be present.
106 If the group is omitted but the ":" or "." separator is given,
107 use the given user's login group.
109 USERNAME and GROUPNAME will be in newly malloc'd memory.
110 Either one might be NULL instead, indicating that it was not
111 given and the corresponding numeric ID was left unchanged.
113 Return NULL if successful, a static error message string if not. */
115 const char *
116 parse_user_spec (spec_arg, uid, gid, username_arg, groupname_arg)
117 const char *spec_arg;
118 uid_t *uid;
119 gid_t *gid;
120 char **username_arg, **groupname_arg;
122 static const char *tired = "virtual memory exhausted";
123 const char *error_msg;
124 char *spec; /* A copy we can write on. */
125 struct passwd *pwd;
126 struct group *grp;
127 char *g, *u, *separator;
128 char *groupname;
130 error_msg = NULL;
131 *username_arg = *groupname_arg = NULL;
132 groupname = NULL;
134 V_STRDUP (spec, spec_arg);
136 /* Find the separator if there is one. */
137 separator = strchr (spec, ':');
138 if (separator == NULL)
139 separator = strchr (spec, '.');
141 /* Replace separator with a NUL. */
142 if (separator != NULL)
143 *separator = '\0';
145 /* Set U and G to non-zero length strings corresponding to user and
146 group specifiers or to NULL. */
147 u = (*spec == '\0' ? NULL : spec);
149 g = (separator == NULL || *(separator + 1) == '\0'
150 ? NULL
151 : separator + 1);
153 if (u == NULL && g == NULL)
154 return "can not omit both user and group";
156 if (u != NULL)
158 pwd = getpwnam (u);
159 if (pwd == NULL)
162 if (!is_number (u))
163 error_msg = "invalid user";
164 else
166 int use_login_group;
167 use_login_group = (separator != NULL && g == NULL);
168 if (use_login_group)
169 error_msg = "cannot get the login group of a numeric UID";
170 else
171 *uid = atoi (u);
174 else
176 *uid = pwd->pw_uid;
177 if (g == NULL && separator != NULL)
179 /* A separator was given, but a group was not specified,
180 so get the login group. */
181 *gid = pwd->pw_gid;
182 grp = getgrgid (pwd->pw_gid);
183 if (grp == NULL)
185 /* This is enough room to hold the unsigned decimal
186 representation of any 32-bit quantity and the trailing
187 zero byte. */
188 char uint_buf[21];
189 sprintf (uint_buf, "%u", (unsigned) (pwd->pw_gid));
190 V_STRDUP (groupname, uint_buf);
192 else
194 V_STRDUP (groupname, grp->gr_name);
196 endgrent ();
199 endpwent ();
202 if (g != NULL && error_msg == NULL)
204 /* Explicit group. */
205 grp = getgrnam (g);
206 if (grp == NULL)
208 if (!is_number (g))
209 error_msg = "invalid group";
210 else
211 *gid = atoi (g);
213 else
214 *gid = grp->gr_gid;
215 endgrent (); /* Save a file descriptor. */
217 if (error_msg == NULL)
218 V_STRDUP (groupname, g);
221 if (error_msg == NULL)
223 if (u != NULL)
225 *username_arg = strdup (u);
226 if (*username_arg == NULL)
227 error_msg = tired;
230 if (groupname != NULL && error_msg == NULL)
232 *groupname_arg = strdup (groupname);
233 if (*groupname_arg == NULL)
235 if (*username_arg != NULL)
237 free (*username_arg);
238 *username_arg = NULL;
240 error_msg = tired;
245 return error_msg;
248 #ifdef TEST
250 # define NULL_CHECK(s) ((s) == NULL ? "(null)" : (s))
253 main (int argc, char **argv)
255 int i;
257 for (i = 1; i < argc; i++)
259 const char *e;
260 char *username, *groupname;
261 uid_t uid;
262 gid_t gid;
263 char *tmp;
265 tmp = strdup (argv[i]);
266 e = parse_user_spec (tmp, &uid, &gid, &username, &groupname);
267 free (tmp);
268 printf ("%s: %u %u %s %s %s\n",
269 argv[i],
270 (unsigned int) uid,
271 (unsigned int) gid,
272 NULL_CHECK (username),
273 NULL_CHECK (groupname),
274 NULL_CHECK (e));
277 exit (0);
280 #endif