sendmail 8.8.4/initgroups--the way it ought to be

[mikedoug () texas net (Michael Douglass)]

RCS file: RCS/conf.c,v
retrieving revision 1.1
diff -c -r1.1 conf.c
*** conf.c      1996/12/11 22:04:37     1.1
--- conf.c      1996/12/11 22:06:47
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*** 4275,4280 ****
--- 4275,4293 ----
  #endif
  }
  /*
+ **  SM_INITGROUPS -- wrapper for initgroups
+ */
+ int sm_initgroups(uid,gid)
+         UID_T uid;
+         GID_T gid;
+ {
+         struct passwd *pw;
+         pw = sm_getpwuid(uid);
+         if( !pw )
+                 return( -1 );
+         return( initgroups( pw->pw_name, gid ) );
+ }
+ /*
  **  SM_GETPW{NAM,UID} -- wrapper for getpwnam and getpwuid
  */

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RCS file: RCS/main.c,v
retrieving revision 1.1
diff -c -r1.1 main.c
*** main.c      1996/12/11 21:58:08     1.1
--- main.c      1996/12/11 22:03:06
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*** 806,811 ****
--- 806,813 ----
        if (OpMode != MD_DAEMON && OpMode != MD_FGDAEMON)
        {
                /* drop privileges -- daemon mode done after socket/bind */
+               if (RunAsUid != 0)
+                       (void) sm_initgroups(RunAsUid,RunAsGid);
                if (RunAsGid != 0)
                        (void) setgid(RunAsGid);
                if (RunAsUid != 0)
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*** 1318,1323 ****
--- 1320,1327 ----
                nullserver = getrequests(CurEnv);

                /* drop privileges */
+               if (RunAsUid != 0)
+                       (void) sm_initgroups(RunAsUid,RunAsGid);
                if (RunAsGid != 0)
                        (void) setgid(RunAsGid);
                if (RunAsUid != 0)
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RCS file: RCS/sendmail.h,v
retrieving revision 1.1
diff -c -r1.1 sendmail.h
*** sendmail.h  1996/12/11 22:03:30     1.1
--- sendmail.h  1996/12/11 22:07:48
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*** 1365,1370 ****
--- 1365,1371 ----
  extern int            releasesignal __P((int));
  extern struct hostent *sm_gethostbyname __P((char *));
  extern struct hostent *sm_gethostbyaddr __P((char *, int, int));
+ extern int            sm_initgroups __P((UID_T, GID_T));
  extern struct passwd  *sm_getpwnam __P((char *));
  extern struct passwd  *sm_getpwuid __P((UID_T));
  extern struct passwd  *finduser __P((char *, bool *));

Michael Douglass
Texas Networking, Inc.

 "The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."
      L. P. Hartley, British author. The Go-Between, Prologue (1953).