1 /* mknod -- make special files
2 Copyright (C) 1990-2024 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 3 of the License, or
7 (at your option) 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, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
17 /* Written by David MacKenzie <djm@ai.mit.edu> */
22 #include <sys/types.h>
23 #include <selinux/label.h>
26 #include "modechange.h"
32 /* The official name of this program (e.g., no 'g' prefix). */
33 #define PROGRAM_NAME "mknod"
35 #define AUTHORS proper_name ("David MacKenzie")
37 static struct option
const longopts
[] =
39 {GETOPT_SELINUX_CONTEXT_OPTION_DECL
},
40 {"mode", required_argument
, nullptr, 'm'},
41 {GETOPT_HELP_OPTION_DECL
},
42 {GETOPT_VERSION_OPTION_DECL
},
43 {nullptr, 0, nullptr, 0}
49 if (status
!= EXIT_SUCCESS
)
53 printf (_("Usage: %s [OPTION]... NAME TYPE [MAJOR MINOR]\n"),
56 Create the special file NAME of the given TYPE.\n\
59 emit_mandatory_arg_note ();
62 -m, --mode=MODE set file permission bits to MODE, not a=rw - umask\n\
65 -Z set the SELinux security context to default type\n\
66 --context[=CTX] like -Z, or if CTX is specified then set the SELinux\n\
67 or SMACK security context to CTX\n\
69 fputs (HELP_OPTION_DESCRIPTION
, stdout
);
70 fputs (VERSION_OPTION_DESCRIPTION
, stdout
);
73 Both MAJOR and MINOR must be specified when TYPE is b, c, or u, and they\n\
74 must be omitted when TYPE is p. If MAJOR or MINOR begins with 0x or 0X,\n\
75 it is interpreted as hexadecimal; otherwise, if it begins with 0, as octal;\n\
76 otherwise, as decimal. TYPE may be:\n\
80 b create a block (buffered) special file\n\
81 c, u create a character (unbuffered) special file\n\
84 printf (USAGE_BUILTIN_WARNING
, PROGRAM_NAME
);
85 emit_ancillary_info (PROGRAM_NAME
);
91 main (int argc
, char **argv
)
94 char const *specified_mode
= nullptr;
96 size_t expected_operands
;
98 char const *scontext
= nullptr;
99 struct selabel_handle
*set_security_context
= nullptr;
101 initialize_main (&argc
, &argv
);
102 set_program_name (argv
[0]);
103 setlocale (LC_ALL
, "");
104 bindtextdomain (PACKAGE
, LOCALEDIR
);
105 textdomain (PACKAGE
);
107 atexit (close_stdout
);
109 while ((optc
= getopt_long (argc
, argv
, "m:Z", longopts
, nullptr)) != -1)
114 specified_mode
= optarg
;
117 if (is_smack_enabled ())
119 /* We don't yet support -Z to restore context with SMACK. */
122 else if (is_selinux_enabled () > 0)
128 set_security_context
= selabel_open (SELABEL_CTX_FILE
,
130 if (! set_security_context
)
131 error (0, errno
, _("warning: ignoring --context"));
137 _("warning: ignoring --context; "
138 "it requires an SELinux/SMACK-enabled kernel"));
141 case_GETOPT_HELP_CHAR
;
142 case_GETOPT_VERSION_CHAR (PROGRAM_NAME
, AUTHORS
);
144 usage (EXIT_FAILURE
);
148 newmode
= MODE_RW_UGO
;
152 struct mode_change
*change
= mode_compile (specified_mode
);
154 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, 0, _("invalid mode"));
155 umask_value
= umask (0);
157 newmode
= mode_adjust (newmode
, false, umask_value
, change
, nullptr);
159 if (newmode
& ~S_IRWXUGO
)
160 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, 0,
161 _("mode must specify only file permission bits"));
164 /* If the number of arguments is 0 or 1,
165 or (if it's 2 or more and the second one starts with 'p'), then there
166 must be exactly two operands. Otherwise, there must be four. */
167 expected_operands
= (argc
<= optind
168 || (optind
+ 1 < argc
&& argv
[optind
+ 1][0] == 'p')
171 if (argc
- optind
< expected_operands
)
174 error (0, 0, _("missing operand"));
176 error (0, 0, _("missing operand after %s"), quote (argv
[argc
- 1]));
177 if (expected_operands
== 4 && argc
- optind
== 2)
178 fprintf (stderr
, "%s\n",
179 _("Special files require major and minor device numbers."));
180 usage (EXIT_FAILURE
);
183 if (expected_operands
< argc
- optind
)
185 error (0, 0, _("extra operand %s"),
186 quote (argv
[optind
+ expected_operands
]));
187 if (expected_operands
== 2 && argc
- optind
== 4)
188 fprintf (stderr
, "%s\n",
189 _("Fifos do not have major and minor device numbers."));
190 usage (EXIT_FAILURE
);
196 if (is_smack_enabled ())
197 ret
= smack_set_label_for_self (scontext
);
199 ret
= setfscreatecon (scontext
);
202 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, errno
,
203 _("failed to set default file creation context to %s"),
207 /* Only check the first character, to allow mnemonic usage like
208 'mknod /dev/rst0 character 18 0'. */
210 switch (argv
[optind
+ 1][0])
212 case 'b': /* 'block' or 'buffered' */
214 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, 0, _("block special files not supported"));
218 goto block_or_character
;
220 case 'c': /* 'character' */
221 case 'u': /* 'unbuffered' */
223 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, 0, _("character special files not supported"));
227 goto block_or_character
;
231 char const *s_major
= argv
[optind
+ 2];
232 char const *s_minor
= argv
[optind
+ 3];
233 uintmax_t i_major
, i_minor
;
236 if (xstrtoumax (s_major
, nullptr, 0, &i_major
, "") != LONGINT_OK
237 || i_major
!= (major_t
) i_major
)
238 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, 0,
239 _("invalid major device number %s"), quote (s_major
));
241 if (xstrtoumax (s_minor
, nullptr, 0, &i_minor
, "") != LONGINT_OK
242 || i_minor
!= (minor_t
) i_minor
)
243 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, 0,
244 _("invalid minor device number %s"), quote (s_minor
));
246 device
= makedev (i_major
, i_minor
);
249 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, 0, _("invalid device %s %s"),
253 if (set_security_context
)
254 defaultcon (set_security_context
, argv
[optind
], node_type
);
256 if (mknod (argv
[optind
], newmode
| node_type
, device
) != 0)
257 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, errno
, "%s", quotef (argv
[optind
]));
261 case 'p': /* 'pipe' */
262 if (set_security_context
)
263 defaultcon (set_security_context
, argv
[optind
], S_IFIFO
);
264 if (mkfifo (argv
[optind
], newmode
) != 0)
265 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, errno
, "%s", quotef (argv
[optind
]));
269 error (0, 0, _("invalid device type %s"), quote (argv
[optind
+ 1]));
270 usage (EXIT_FAILURE
);
273 if (specified_mode
&& lchmod (argv
[optind
], newmode
) != 0)
274 error (EXIT_FAILURE
, errno
, _("cannot set permissions of %s"),
275 quoteaf (argv
[optind
]));