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-rw-r--r--libshouldbeinlibc/Makefile4
-rw-r--r--libshouldbeinlibc/nullauth.c47
-rw-r--r--libshouldbeinlibc/nullauth.h31
3 files changed, 80 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/libshouldbeinlibc/Makefile b/libshouldbeinlibc/Makefile
index 31a940ff..14a7939d 100644
--- a/libshouldbeinlibc/Makefile
+++ b/libshouldbeinlibc/Makefile
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ SRCS = termsize.c timefmt.c exec-reauth.c maptime-funcs.c \
idvec-impgids.c idvec-verify.c idvec-rep.c \
ugids.c ugids-argp.c ugids-rep.c ugids-verify.c ugids-subtract.c \
ugids-auth.c ugids-xinl.c ugids-merge.c ugids-imply.c ugids-posix.c \
- ugids-verify-auth.c
+ ugids-verify-auth.c nullauth.c
installhdrs = idvec.h timefmt.h maptime.h \
- wire.h portinfo.h portxlate.h cacheq.h ugids.h
+ wire.h portinfo.h portxlate.h cacheq.h ugids.h nullauth.h
installhdrsubdir = .
OBJS = $(SRCS:.c=.o)
diff --git a/libshouldbeinlibc/nullauth.c b/libshouldbeinlibc/nullauth.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4ba10a76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libshouldbeinlibc/nullauth.c
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/* Drop all authentication credentials.
+
+ Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ Written by Justus Winter <4winter@informatik.uni-hamburg.de>
+
+ This file is part of the GNU Hurd.
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at
+ your option) any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+#include <error.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <hurd.h>
+
+/* Obtain an empty authentication handle and use it for further
+ authentication purposes. This effectively drops all Unix
+ privileges. */
+error_t
+setnullauth (void)
+{
+ error_t err;
+
+ auth_t nullauth;
+ err = auth_makeauth (getauth (),
+ NULL, MACH_MSG_TYPE_COPY_SEND, 0,
+ NULL, 0,
+ NULL, 0,
+ NULL, 0,
+ NULL, 0,
+ &nullauth);
+ if (err)
+ return err;
+
+ err = setauth (nullauth);
+ return err;
+}
diff --git a/libshouldbeinlibc/nullauth.h b/libshouldbeinlibc/nullauth.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..efdb5f3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libshouldbeinlibc/nullauth.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/* Drop all authentication credentials.
+
+ Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ Written by Justus Winter <4winter@informatik.uni-hamburg.de>
+
+ This file is part of the GNU Hurd.
+
+ This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at
+ your option) any later version.
+
+ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
+
+#ifndef __NULLAUTH_H__
+#define __NULLAUTH_H__
+
+/* Obtain an empty authentication handle and use it for further
+ authentication purposes. This effectively drops all Unix
+ privileges. */
+error_t
+setnullauth (void);
+
+#endif /* __NULLAUTH_H__ */