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authorrmanfredi <rmanfredi@190e5f8e-a817-0410-acf6-e9863daed9af>2006-08-24 12:32:52 +0000
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+?RCS: $Id$
+?RCS:
+?RCS: Copyright (c) 1991-1997, 2004-2006, Raphael Manfredi
+?RCS:
+?RCS: You may redistribute only under the terms of the Artistic Licence,
+?RCS: as specified in the README file that comes with the distribution.
+?RCS: You may reuse parts of this distribution only within the terms of
+?RCS: that same Artistic Licence; a copy of which may be found at the root
+?RCS: of the source tree for dist 4.0.
+?RCS:
+?RCS: Tye McQueen <tye@metronet.com> added safe setuid script checks.
+?RCS:
+?RCS: $Log: d_dosuid.U,v $
+?RCS: Revision 3.0.1.2 1997/02/28 15:33:03 ram
+?RCS: patch61: moved unit to TOP via a ?Y: layout directive
+?RCS: patch61: tell them /dev/fd is not about floppy disks
+?RCS:
+?RCS: Revision 3.0.1.1 1994/10/29 16:12:08 ram
+?RCS: patch36: added checks for secure setuid scripts (Tye McQueen)
+?RCS:
+?RCS: Revision 3.0 1993/08/18 12:05:55 ram
+?RCS: Baseline for dist 3.0 netwide release.
+?RCS:
+?MAKE:d_dosuid d_suidsafe: cat contains ls rm test Myread Setvar \
+ Oldconfig Guess package hint
+?MAKE: -pick add $@ %<
+?S:d_suidsafe:
+?S: This variable conditionally defines SETUID_SCRIPTS_ARE_SECURE_NOW
+?S: if setuid scripts can be secure. This test looks in /dev/fd/.
+?S:.
+?S:d_dosuid:
+?S: This variable conditionally defines the symbol DOSUID, which
+?S: tells the C program that it should insert setuid emulation code
+?S: on hosts which have setuid #! scripts disabled.
+?S:.
+?C:SETUID_SCRIPTS_ARE_SECURE_NOW:
+?C: This symbol, if defined, indicates that the bug that prevents
+?C: setuid scripts from being secure is not present in this kernel.
+?C:.
+?C:DOSUID:
+?C: This symbol, if defined, indicates that the C program should
+?C: check the script that it is executing for setuid/setgid bits, and
+?C: attempt to emulate setuid/setgid on systems that have disabled
+?C: setuid #! scripts because the kernel can't do it securely.
+?C: It is up to the package designer to make sure that this emulation
+?C: is done securely. Among other things, it should do an fstat on
+?C: the script it just opened to make sure it really is a setuid/setgid
+?C: script, it should make sure the arguments passed correspond exactly
+?C: to the argument on the #! line, and it should not trust any
+?C: subprocesses to which it must pass the filename rather than the
+?C: file descriptor of the script to be executed.
+?C:.
+?H:#$d_suidsafe SETUID_SCRIPTS_ARE_SECURE_NOW /**/
+?H:#$d_dosuid DOSUID /**/
+?H:.
+?Y:TOP
+?F:!reflect
+?LINT: set d_suidsafe
+?LINT: set d_dosuid
+: see if setuid scripts can be secure
+$cat <<EOM
+
+Some kernels have a bug that prevents setuid #! scripts from being
+secure. Some sites have disabled setuid #! scripts because of this.
+
+First let's decide if your kernel supports secure setuid #! scripts.
+(If setuid #! scripts would be secure but have been disabled anyway,
+don't say that they are secure if asked.)
+
+EOM
+
+val="$undef"
+if $test -d /dev/fd; then
+ echo "#!$ls" >reflect
+ chmod +x,u+s reflect
+ ./reflect >flect 2>&1
+ if $contains "/dev/fd" flect >/dev/null; then
+ echo "Congratulations, your kernel has secure setuid scripts!" >&4
+ val="$define"
+ else
+ $cat <<EOM
+If you are not sure if they are secure, I can check but I'll need a
+username and password different from the one you are using right now.
+If you don't have such a username or don't want me to test, simply
+enter 'none'.
+
+EOM
+ rp='Other username to test security of setuid scripts with?'
+ dflt='none'
+ . ./myread
+ case "$ans" in
+ n|none)
+ case "$d_suidsafe" in
+ '') echo "I'll assume setuid scripts are *not* secure." >&4
+ dflt=n;;
+ "$undef")
+ echo "Well, the $hint value is *not* secure." >&4
+ dflt=n;;
+ *) echo "Well, the $hint value *is* secure." >&4
+ dflt=y;;
+ esac
+ ;;
+ *)
+ $rm -f reflect flect
+ echo "#!$ls" >reflect
+ chmod +x,u+s reflect
+ echo >flect
+ chmod a+w flect
+ echo '"su" will (probably) prompt you for '"$ans's password."
+ su $ans -c './reflect >flect'
+ if $contains "/dev/fd" flect >/dev/null; then
+ echo "Okay, it looks like setuid scripts are secure." >&4
+ dflt=y
+ else
+ echo "I don't think setuid scripts are secure." >&4
+ dflt=n
+ fi
+ ;;
+ esac
+ rp='Does your kernel have *secure* setuid scripts?'
+ . ./myread
+ case "$ans" in
+ [yY]*) val="$define";;
+ *) val="$undef";;
+ esac
+ fi
+else
+ echo "I don't think setuid scripts are secure (no /dev/fd directory)." >&4
+ echo "(That's for file descriptors, not floppy disks.)"
+ val="$undef"
+fi
+set d_suidsafe
+eval $setvar
+
+$rm -f reflect flect
+
+: now see if they want to do setuid emulation
+echo " "
+val="$undef"
+case "$d_suidsafe" in
+"$define")
+ val="$undef"
+ echo "No need to emulate SUID scripts since they are secure here." >& 4
+ ;;
+*)
+ $cat <<EOM
+Some systems have disabled setuid scripts, especially systems where
+setuid scripts cannot be secure. On systems where setuid scripts have
+been disabled, the setuid/setgid bits on scripts are currently
+useless. It is possible for $package to detect those bits and emulate
+setuid/setgid in a secure fashion. This emulation will only work if
+setuid scripts have been disabled in your kernel.
+
+EOM
+ case "$d_dosuid" in
+ "$define") dflt=y ;;
+ *) dflt=n ;;
+ esac
+ rp="Do you want to do setuid/setgid emulation?"
+ . ./myread
+ case "$ans" in
+ [yY]*) val="$define";;
+ *) val="$undef";;
+ esac
+ ;;
+esac
+set d_dosuid
+eval $setvar
+