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/*
* popen_as_ugid.h
*
* Home page of code is: https://www.smartmontools.org
*
* Copyright (C) 2021 Christian Franke
*
* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
*/
#ifndef POPEN_AS_UGID_H_CVSID
#define POPEN_AS_UGID_H_CVSID "$Id: popen_as_ugid.h 5268 2021-12-13 18:55:13Z chrfranke $"
#include <grp.h>
#include <pwd.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string>
// Wrapper for popen(3) which prevents that unneeded file descriptors
// are inherited to the command run by popen() and optionally drops
// privileges of root user:
// If uid != 0, popen() is run as this user.
// If gid != 0, popen() is run as this group and no supplemental groups.
// Only mode "r" is supported. Only one open stream at a time is supported.
FILE * popen_as_ugid(const char * cmd, const char * mode, uid_t uid, gid_t gid);
// Call corresponding pclose(3) and return its result.
int pclose_as_ugid(FILE * f);
// Parse "USER[:GROUP]" string and set uid, gid, uname and gname accordingly.
// USER and GROUP may be specified as numeric ids or names.
// If a numeric id is used and the corresponding user (or group) does not
// exist, the function succeeds but leaves uname (or gname) unchanged.
// If no GROUP is specified, the default group of USER is used instead.
// Returns nullptr on success or a message string on error.
const char * parse_ugid(const char * s, uid_t & uid, gid_t & gid,
std::string & uname, std::string & gname );
#endif // POPEN_AS_UGID_H_CVSID
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