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1 /* userspec.c -- Parse a user and group string.
2 Copyright (C) 1989-1992, 1997, 1998 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 # if 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 #ifndef strdup
89 char *strdup ();
90 #endif
92 /* Return nonzero if STR represents an unsigned decimal integer,
93 otherwise return 0. */
95 static int
96 is_number (const char *str)
98 for (; *str; str++)
99 if (!isdigit (*str))
100 return 0;
101 return 1;
104 /* Extract from NAME, which has the form "[user][:.][group]",
105 a USERNAME, UID U, GROUPNAME, and GID G.
106 Either user or group, or both, must be present.
107 If the group is omitted but the ":" or "." separator is given,
108 use the given user's login group.
110 USERNAME and GROUPNAME will be in newly malloc'd memory.
111 Either one might be NULL instead, indicating that it was not
112 given and the corresponding numeric ID was left unchanged.
114 Return NULL if successful, a static error message string if not. */
116 const char *
117 parse_user_spec (const char *spec_arg, uid_t *uid, gid_t *gid,
118 char **username_arg, char **groupname_arg)
120 static const char *tired = "virtual memory exhausted";
121 const char *error_msg;
122 char *spec; /* A copy we can write on. */
123 struct passwd *pwd;
124 struct group *grp;
125 char *g, *u, *separator;
126 char *groupname;
128 error_msg = NULL;
129 *username_arg = *groupname_arg = NULL;
130 groupname = NULL;
132 V_STRDUP (spec, spec_arg);
134 /* Find the separator if there is one. */
135 separator = strchr (spec, ':');
136 if (separator == NULL)
137 separator = strchr (spec, '.');
139 /* Replace separator with a NUL. */
140 if (separator != NULL)
141 *separator = '\0';
143 /* Set U and G to non-zero length strings corresponding to user and
144 group specifiers or to NULL. */
145 u = (*spec == '\0' ? NULL : spec);
147 g = (separator == NULL || *(separator + 1) == '\0'
148 ? NULL
149 : separator + 1);
151 if (u == NULL && g == NULL)
152 return "can not omit both user and group";
154 #ifdef __DJGPP__
155 /* Pretend that we are the user U whose group is G. This makes
156 pwd and grp functions ``know'' about the UID and GID of these. */
157 if (u && !is_number (u))
158 setenv ("USER", u, 1);
159 if (g && !is_number (g))
160 setenv ("GROUP", g, 1);
161 #endif
163 if (u != NULL)
165 pwd = getpwnam (u);
166 if (pwd == NULL)
169 if (!is_number (u))
170 error_msg = "invalid user";
171 else
173 int use_login_group;
174 use_login_group = (separator != NULL && g == NULL);
175 if (use_login_group)
176 error_msg = "cannot get the login group of a numeric UID";
177 else
178 *uid = atoi (u);
181 else
183 *uid = pwd->pw_uid;
184 if (g == NULL && separator != NULL)
186 /* A separator was given, but a group was not specified,
187 so get the login group. */
188 *gid = pwd->pw_gid;
189 grp = getgrgid (pwd->pw_gid);
190 if (grp == NULL)
192 /* This is enough room to hold the unsigned decimal
193 representation of any 32-bit quantity and the trailing
194 zero byte. */
195 char uint_buf[21];
196 sprintf (uint_buf, "%u", (unsigned) (pwd->pw_gid));
197 V_STRDUP (groupname, uint_buf);
199 else
201 V_STRDUP (groupname, grp->gr_name);
203 endgrent ();
206 endpwent ();
209 if (g != NULL && error_msg == NULL)
211 /* Explicit group. */
212 grp = getgrnam (g);
213 if (grp == NULL)
215 if (!is_number (g))
216 error_msg = "invalid group";
217 else
218 *gid = atoi (g);
220 else
221 *gid = grp->gr_gid;
222 endgrent (); /* Save a file descriptor. */
224 if (error_msg == NULL)
225 V_STRDUP (groupname, g);
228 if (error_msg == NULL)
230 if (u != NULL)
232 *username_arg = strdup (u);
233 if (*username_arg == NULL)
234 error_msg = tired;
237 if (groupname != NULL && error_msg == NULL)
239 *groupname_arg = strdup (groupname);
240 if (*groupname_arg == NULL)
242 if (*username_arg != NULL)
244 free (*username_arg);
245 *username_arg = NULL;
247 error_msg = tired;
252 return error_msg;
255 #ifdef TEST
257 # define NULL_CHECK(s) ((s) == NULL ? "(null)" : (s))
260 main (int argc, char **argv)
262 int i;
264 for (i = 1; i < argc; i++)
266 const char *e;
267 char *username, *groupname;
268 uid_t uid;
269 gid_t gid;
270 char *tmp;
272 tmp = strdup (argv[i]);
273 e = parse_user_spec (tmp, &uid, &gid, &username, &groupname);
274 free (tmp);
275 printf ("%s: %u %u %s %s %s\n",
276 argv[i],
277 (unsigned int) uid,
278 (unsigned int) gid,
279 NULL_CHECK (username),
280 NULL_CHECK (groupname),
281 NULL_CHECK (e));
284 exit (0);
287 #endif