RTPathUserHome-posix.cpp revision beb1b4125f65953ac9ed0ba843cf6248e333d860
/* $Id$ */
/** @file
* IPRT - Path Manipulation, POSIX.
*/
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/*******************************************************************************
* Header Files *
*******************************************************************************/
#define LOG_GROUP RTLOGGROUP_PATH
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <limits.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/time.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <pwd.h>
#include <iprt/path.h>
#include <iprt/env.h>
#include <iprt/assert.h>
#include <iprt/string.h>
#include <iprt/err.h>
#include <iprt/log.h>
#include "internal/path.h"
#include "internal/fs.h"
#ifndef RT_OS_L4
/**
* Worker for RTPathUserHome that looks up the home directory
* using the getpwuid_r api.
*
* @returns IPRT status code.
* @param pszPath The path buffer.
* @param cchPath The size of the buffer.
* @param uid The User ID to query the home directory of.
*/
static int rtPathUserHomeByPasswd(char *pszPath, size_t cchPath, uid_t uid)
{
/*
* The getpwuid_r function uses the passed in buffer to "allocate" any
* extra memory it needs. On some systems we should probably use the
* sysconf function to find the appropriate buffer size, but since it won't
* work everywhere we'll settle with a 5KB buffer and ASSUME that it'll
* suffice for even the lengthiest user descriptions...
*/
char achBuffer[5120];
struct passwd Passwd;
struct passwd *pPasswd;
memset(&Passwd, 0, sizeof(Passwd));
int rc = getpwuid_r(uid, &Passwd, &achBuffer[0], sizeof(achBuffer), &pPasswd);
if (rc != 0)
return RTErrConvertFromErrno(rc);
if (!pPasswd) /* uid not found in /etc/passwd */
return VERR_PATH_NOT_FOUND;
/*
* Check that it isn't empty and that it exists.
*/
struct stat st;
if ( !pPasswd->pw_dir
|| !*pPasswd->pw_dir
|| stat(pPasswd->pw_dir, &st)
|| !S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
return VERR_PATH_NOT_FOUND;
/*
* Convert it to UTF-8 and copy it to the return buffer.
*/
return rtPathFromNativeCopy(pszPath, cchPath, pPasswd->pw_dir, NULL);
}
#endif
/**
* Worker for RTPathUserHome that looks up the home directory
* using the HOME environment variable.
*
* @returns IPRT status code.
* @param pszPath The path buffer.
* @param cchPath The size of the buffer.
*/
static int rtPathUserHomeByEnv(char *pszPath, size_t cchPath)
{
/*
* Get HOME env. var it and validate it's existance.
*/
int rc = VERR_PATH_NOT_FOUND;
const char *pszHome = RTEnvGet("HOME"); /** @todo Codeset confusion in RTEnv. */
if (pszHome)
{
struct stat st;
if ( !stat(pszHome, &st)
&& S_ISDIR(st.st_mode))
rc = rtPathFromNativeCopy(pszPath, cchPath, pszHome, NULL);
}
return rc;
}
RTDECL(int) RTPathUserHome(char *pszPath, size_t cchPath)
{
int rc;
#ifndef RT_OS_L4
/*
* We make an exception for the root user and use the system call
* getpwuid_r to determine their initial home path instead of
* reading it from the $HOME variable. This is because the $HOME
* variable does not get changed by sudo (and possibly su and others)
* which can cause root-owned files to appear in user's home folders.
*/
uid_t uid = geteuid();
if (!uid)
rc = rtPathUserHomeByPasswd(pszPath, cchPath, uid);
else
rc = rtPathUserHomeByEnv(pszPath, cchPath);
/*
* On failure, retry using the alternative method.
* (Should perhaps restrict the retry cases a bit more here...)
*/
if ( RT_FAILURE(rc)
&& rc != VERR_BUFFER_OVERFLOW)
{
if (!uid)
rc = rtPathUserHomeByEnv(pszPath, cchPath);
else
rc = rtPathUserHomeByPasswd(pszPath, cchPath, uid);
}
#else /* RT_OS_L4 */
rc = rtPathUserHomeByEnv(pszPath, cchPath);
#endif /* RT_OS_L4 */
LogFlow(("RTPathUserHome(%p:{%s}, %u): returns %Rrc\n", pszPath,
RT_SUCCESS(rc) ? pszPath : "<failed>", cchPath, rc));
return rc;
}