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authorUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>2006-04-26 16:29:29 +0000
committerUlrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>2006-04-26 16:29:29 +0000
commit1f063dcadb802c57759e2ca2bf9c08e108bb3d70 (patch)
tree9405434ef42f90e6a2591ac60e36aacb8454edb5 /nscd/connections.c
parentcf86bbe6da1d90170e0ee09b5baae15332c917f2 (diff)
2006-04-26 James Antill <james.antill@redhat.com>
Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com> * config.make.in: Add have-libcap. * configure.in: Check for libcap. * nscd/Makefile (selinux-LIBS): Add -lcap if possible. * nscd/connections.c (finish_drop_privileges): When libcap is available call preserve_capabilities and install_real_capabilities. * nscd/selinux.c: Define preserve_capabilities and install_real_capabilities. * nscd/selinux.h: Declare preserve_capabilities and install_real_capabilities.
Diffstat (limited to 'nscd/connections.c')
-rw-r--r--nscd/connections.c10
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/nscd/connections.c b/nscd/connections.c
index d975b1818f..b24e7fb527 100644
--- a/nscd/connections.c
+++ b/nscd/connections.c
@@ -1859,6 +1859,11 @@ begin_drop_privileges (void)
static void
finish_drop_privileges (void)
{
+#if defined HAVE_LIBAUDIT && defined HAVE_LIBCAP
+ /* We need to preserve the capabilities to connect to the audit daemon. */
+ cap_t new_caps = preserve_capabilities ();
+#endif
+
if (setgroups (server_ngroups, server_groups) == -1)
{
dbg_log (_("Failed to run nscd as user '%s'"), server_user);
@@ -1878,4 +1883,9 @@ finish_drop_privileges (void)
perror ("setuid");
exit (4);
}
+
+#if defined HAVE_LIBAUDIT && defined HAVE_LIBCAP
+ /* Remove the temporary capabilities. */
+ install_real_capabilities (new_caps);
+#endif
}