* NEWS: --preserve-root now works with chgrp, chmod, and chown.
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1 /* chown-core.c -- core functions for changing ownership.
2 Copyright (C) 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation.
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., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */
18 /* Extracted from chown.c/chgrp.c and librarified by Jim Meyering. */
20 #include <config.h>
21 #include <stdio.h>
22 #include <sys/types.h>
23 #include <pwd.h>
24 #include <grp.h>
26 #include "system.h"
27 #include "chown-core.h"
28 #include "error.h"
29 #include "inttostr.h"
30 #include "openat.h"
31 #include "quote.h"
32 #include "root-dev-ino.h"
33 #include "xfts.h"
35 enum RCH_status
37 /* we called fchown and close, and both succeeded */
38 RC_ok = 2,
40 /* required_uid and/or required_gid are specified, but don't match */
41 RC_excluded,
43 /* SAME_INODE check failed */
44 RC_inode_changed,
46 /* open/fchown isn't needed, isn't safe, or doesn't work due to
47 permissions problems; fall back on chown */
48 RC_do_ordinary_chown,
50 /* open, fstat, fchown, or close failed */
51 RC_error
54 extern void
55 chopt_init (struct Chown_option *chopt)
57 chopt->verbosity = V_off;
58 chopt->root_dev_ino = NULL;
59 chopt->affect_symlink_referent = true;
60 chopt->recurse = false;
61 chopt->force_silent = false;
62 chopt->user_name = NULL;
63 chopt->group_name = NULL;
66 extern void
67 chopt_free (struct Chown_option *chopt ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
69 /* Deliberately do not free chopt->user_name or ->group_name.
70 They're not always allocated. */
73 /* Convert the numeric group-id, GID, to a string stored in xmalloc'd memory,
74 and return it. If there's no corresponding group name, use the decimal
75 representation of the ID. */
77 extern char *
78 gid_to_name (gid_t gid)
80 char buf[INT_BUFSIZE_BOUND (intmax_t)];
81 struct group *grp = getgrgid (gid);
82 return xstrdup (grp ? grp->gr_name
83 : TYPE_SIGNED (gid_t) ? imaxtostr (gid, buf)
84 : umaxtostr (gid, buf));
87 /* Convert the numeric user-id, UID, to a string stored in xmalloc'd memory,
88 and return it. If there's no corresponding user name, use the decimal
89 representation of the ID. */
91 extern char *
92 uid_to_name (uid_t uid)
94 char buf[INT_BUFSIZE_BOUND (intmax_t)];
95 struct passwd *pwd = getpwuid (uid);
96 return xstrdup (pwd ? pwd->pw_name
97 : TYPE_SIGNED (uid_t) ? imaxtostr (uid, buf)
98 : umaxtostr (uid, buf));
101 /* Tell the user how/if the user and group of FILE have been changed.
102 If USER is NULL, give the group-oriented messages.
103 CHANGED describes what (if anything) has happened. */
105 static void
106 describe_change (const char *file, enum Change_status changed,
107 char const *user, char const *group)
109 const char *fmt;
110 char const *spec;
111 char *spec_allocated = NULL;
113 if (changed == CH_NOT_APPLIED)
115 printf (_("neither symbolic link %s nor referent has been changed\n"),
116 quote (file));
117 return;
120 if (user)
122 if (group)
124 spec_allocated = xmalloc (strlen (user) + 1 + strlen (group) + 1);
125 stpcpy (stpcpy (stpcpy (spec_allocated, user), ":"), group);
126 spec = spec_allocated;
128 else
130 spec = user;
133 else
135 spec = group;
138 switch (changed)
140 case CH_SUCCEEDED:
141 fmt = (user ? _("changed ownership of %s to %s\n")
142 : group ? _("changed group of %s to %s\n")
143 : _("no change to ownership of %s\n"));
144 break;
145 case CH_FAILED:
146 fmt = (user ? _("failed to change ownership of %s to %s\n")
147 : group ? _("failed to change group of %s to %s\n")
148 : _("failed to change ownership of %s\n"));
149 break;
150 case CH_NO_CHANGE_REQUESTED:
151 fmt = (user ? _("ownership of %s retained as %s\n")
152 : group ? _("group of %s retained as %s\n")
153 : _("ownership of %s retained\n"));
154 break;
155 default:
156 abort ();
159 printf (fmt, quote (file), spec);
161 free (spec_allocated);
164 /* Change the owner and/or group of the FILE to UID and/or GID (safely)
165 only if REQUIRED_UID and REQUIRED_GID match the owner and group IDs
166 of FILE. ORIG_ST must be the result of `stat'ing FILE.
168 The `safely' part above means that we can't simply use chown(2),
169 since FILE might be replaced with some other file between the time
170 of the preceding stat/lstat and this chown call. So here we open
171 FILE and do everything else via the resulting file descriptor.
172 We first call fstat and verify that the dev/inode match those from
173 the preceding stat call, and only then, if appropriate (given the
174 required_uid and required_gid constraints) do we call fchown.
176 Return RC_do_ordinary_chown if we can't open FILE, or if FILE is a
177 special file that might have undesirable side effects when opening.
178 In this case the caller can use the less-safe ordinary chown.
180 Return one of the RCH_status values. */
182 static enum RCH_status
183 restricted_chown (int cwd_fd, char const *file,
184 struct stat const *orig_st,
185 uid_t uid, gid_t gid,
186 uid_t required_uid, gid_t required_gid)
188 enum RCH_status status = RC_ok;
189 struct stat st;
190 int open_flags = O_NONBLOCK | O_NOCTTY;
191 int fd;
193 if (required_uid == (uid_t) -1 && required_gid == (gid_t) -1)
194 return RC_do_ordinary_chown;
196 if (! S_ISREG (orig_st->st_mode))
198 if (S_ISDIR (orig_st->st_mode))
199 open_flags |= O_DIRECTORY;
200 else
201 return RC_do_ordinary_chown;
204 fd = openat (cwd_fd, file, O_RDONLY | open_flags);
205 if (! (0 <= fd
206 || (errno == EACCES && S_ISREG (orig_st->st_mode)
207 && 0 <= (fd = openat (cwd_fd, file, O_WRONLY | open_flags)))))
208 return (errno == EACCES ? RC_do_ordinary_chown : RC_error);
210 if (fstat (fd, &st) != 0)
211 status = RC_error;
212 else if (! SAME_INODE (*orig_st, st))
213 status = RC_inode_changed;
214 else if ((required_uid == (uid_t) -1 || required_uid == st.st_uid)
215 && (required_gid == (gid_t) -1 || required_gid == st.st_gid))
217 if (fchown (fd, uid, gid) == 0)
219 status = (close (fd) == 0
220 ? RC_ok : RC_error);
221 return status;
223 else
225 status = RC_error;
229 { /* FIXME: remove these curly braces when we assume C99. */
230 int saved_errno = errno;
231 close (fd);
232 errno = saved_errno;
233 return status;
237 /* Change the owner and/or group of the file specified by FTS and ENT
238 to UID and/or GID as appropriate.
239 If REQUIRED_UID is not -1, then skip files with any other user ID.
240 If REQUIRED_GID is not -1, then skip files with any other group ID.
241 CHOPT specifies additional options.
242 Return true if successful. */
243 static bool
244 change_file_owner (FTS *fts, FTSENT *ent,
245 uid_t uid, gid_t gid,
246 uid_t required_uid, gid_t required_gid,
247 struct Chown_option const *chopt)
249 char const *file_full_name = ent->fts_path;
250 char const *file = ent->fts_accpath;
251 struct stat const *file_stats;
252 struct stat stat_buf;
253 bool ok = true;
254 bool do_chown;
255 bool symlink_changed = true;
257 switch (ent->fts_info)
259 case FTS_D:
260 if (chopt->recurse)
262 if (ROOT_DEV_INO_CHECK (chopt->root_dev_ino, ent->fts_statp))
264 /* This happens e.g., with "chown -R --preserve-root /". */
265 ROOT_DEV_INO_WARN (file_full_name);
266 /* Tell fts not to traverse into this hierarchy. */
267 fts_set (fts, ent, FTS_SKIP);
268 /* Ensure that we do not process "/" on the second visit. */
269 ent = fts_read (fts);
270 return false;
272 return true;
274 break;
276 case FTS_DP:
277 if (! chopt->recurse)
278 return true;
279 break;
281 case FTS_NS:
282 /* For a top-level file or directory, this FTS_NS (stat failed)
283 indicator is determined at the time of the initial fts_open call.
284 With programs like chmod, chown, and chgrp, that modify
285 permissions, it is possible that the file in question is
286 accessible when control reaches this point. So, if this is
287 the first time we've seen the FTS_NS for this file, tell
288 fts_read to stat it "again". */
289 if (ent->fts_level == 0 && ent->fts_number == 0)
291 ent->fts_number = 1;
292 fts_set (fts, ent, FTS_AGAIN);
293 return true;
295 error (0, ent->fts_errno, _("cannot access %s"), quote (file_full_name));
296 ok = false;
297 break;
299 case FTS_ERR:
300 error (0, ent->fts_errno, _("%s"), quote (file_full_name));
301 ok = false;
302 break;
304 case FTS_DNR:
305 error (0, ent->fts_errno, _("cannot read directory %s"),
306 quote (file_full_name));
307 ok = false;
308 break;
310 default:
311 break;
314 if (!ok)
316 do_chown = false;
317 file_stats = NULL;
319 else if (required_uid == (uid_t) -1 && required_gid == (gid_t) -1
320 && chopt->verbosity == V_off
321 && ! chopt->root_dev_ino
322 && ! chopt->affect_symlink_referent)
324 do_chown = true;
325 file_stats = ent->fts_statp;
327 else
329 file_stats = ent->fts_statp;
331 /* If this is a symlink and we're dereferencing them,
332 stat it to get info on the referent. */
333 if (chopt->affect_symlink_referent && S_ISLNK (file_stats->st_mode))
335 if (fstatat (fts->fts_cwd_fd, file, &stat_buf, 0) != 0)
337 error (0, errno, _("cannot dereference %s"),
338 quote (file_full_name));
339 ok = false;
342 file_stats = &stat_buf;
345 do_chown = (ok
346 && (required_uid == (uid_t) -1
347 || required_uid == file_stats->st_uid)
348 && (required_gid == (gid_t) -1
349 || required_gid == file_stats->st_gid));
352 /* This happens when chown -LR --preserve-root encounters a symlink-to-/. */
353 if (ROOT_DEV_INO_CHECK (chopt->root_dev_ino, file_stats))
355 ROOT_DEV_INO_WARN (file_full_name);
356 return false;
359 if (do_chown)
361 if ( ! chopt->affect_symlink_referent)
363 ok = (lchownat (fts->fts_cwd_fd, file, uid, gid) == 0);
365 /* Ignore any error due to lack of support; POSIX requires
366 this behavior for top-level symbolic links with -h, and
367 implies that it's required for all symbolic links. */
368 if (!ok && errno == EOPNOTSUPP)
370 ok = true;
371 symlink_changed = false;
374 else
376 /* If possible, avoid a race condition with --from=O:G and without the
377 (-h) --no-dereference option. If fts's stat call determined
378 that the uid/gid of FILE matched the --from=O:G-selected
379 owner and group IDs, blindly using chown(2) here could lead
380 chown(1) or chgrp(1) mistakenly to dereference a *symlink*
381 to an arbitrary file that an attacker had moved into the
382 place of FILE during the window between the stat and
383 chown(2) calls. If FILE is a regular file or a directory
384 that can be opened, this race condition can be avoided safely. */
386 enum RCH_status err
387 = restricted_chown (fts->fts_cwd_fd, file, file_stats, uid, gid,
388 required_uid, required_gid);
389 switch (err)
391 case RC_ok:
392 break;
394 case RC_do_ordinary_chown:
395 ok = (chownat (fts->fts_cwd_fd, file, uid, gid) == 0);
396 break;
398 case RC_error:
399 ok = false;
400 break;
402 case RC_inode_changed:
403 /* FIXME: give a diagnostic in this case? */
404 case RC_excluded:
405 do_chown = false;
406 ok = false;
407 break;
409 default:
410 abort ();
414 /* On some systems (e.g., Linux-2.4.x),
415 the chown function resets the `special' permission bits.
416 Do *not* restore those bits; doing so would open a window in
417 which a malicious user, M, could subvert a chown command run
418 by some other user and operating on files in a directory
419 where M has write access. */
421 if (do_chown && !ok && ! chopt->force_silent)
422 error (0, errno, (uid != (uid_t) -1
423 ? _("changing ownership of %s")
424 : _("changing group of %s")),
425 quote (file_full_name));
428 if (chopt->verbosity != V_off)
430 bool changed =
431 ((do_chown & ok & symlink_changed)
432 && ! ((uid == (uid_t) -1 || uid == file_stats->st_uid)
433 && (gid == (gid_t) -1 || gid == file_stats->st_gid)));
435 if (changed || chopt->verbosity == V_high)
437 enum Change_status ch_status =
438 (!ok ? CH_FAILED
439 : !symlink_changed ? CH_NOT_APPLIED
440 : !changed ? CH_NO_CHANGE_REQUESTED
441 : CH_SUCCEEDED);
442 describe_change (file_full_name, ch_status,
443 chopt->user_name, chopt->group_name);
447 if ( ! chopt->recurse)
448 fts_set (fts, ent, FTS_SKIP);
450 return ok;
453 /* Change the owner and/or group of the specified FILES.
454 BIT_FLAGS specifies how to treat each symlink-to-directory
455 that is encountered during a recursive traversal.
456 CHOPT specifies additional options.
457 If UID is not -1, then change the owner id of each file to UID.
458 If GID is not -1, then change the group id of each file to GID.
459 If REQUIRED_UID and/or REQUIRED_GID is not -1, then change only
460 files with user ID and group ID that match the non-(-1) value(s).
461 Return true if successful. */
462 extern bool
463 chown_files (char **files, int bit_flags,
464 uid_t uid, gid_t gid,
465 uid_t required_uid, gid_t required_gid,
466 struct Chown_option const *chopt)
468 bool ok = true;
470 /* Use lstat and stat only if they're needed. */
471 int stat_flags = ((required_uid != (uid_t) -1 || required_gid != (gid_t) -1
472 || chopt->affect_symlink_referent
473 || chopt->verbosity != V_off)
475 : FTS_NOSTAT);
477 FTS *fts = xfts_open (files, bit_flags | stat_flags, NULL);
479 while (1)
481 FTSENT *ent;
483 ent = fts_read (fts);
484 if (ent == NULL)
486 if (errno != 0)
488 /* FIXME: try to give a better message */
489 error (0, errno, _("fts_read failed"));
490 ok = false;
492 break;
495 ok &= change_file_owner (fts, ent, uid, gid,
496 required_uid, required_gid, chopt);
499 /* Ignore failure, since the only way it can do so is in failing to
500 return to the original directory, and since we're about to exit,
501 that doesn't matter. */
502 fts_close (fts);
504 return ok;