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authorDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-06-12 03:50:45 +0000
committerDaniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>2024-06-12 03:50:45 +0000
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parentReleasing progress-linux version 255.5-1~progress7.99u1. (diff)
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Merging upstream version 256.
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/man/sd_bus_creds_new_from_pid.xml b/man/sd_bus_creds_new_from_pid.xml
index 239f996..1dffd13 100644
--- a/man/sd_bus_creds_new_from_pid.xml
+++ b/man/sd_bus_creds_new_from_pid.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
<?xml version='1.0'?>
<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
- "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd">
+ "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd">
<!-- SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later -->
<refentry id="sd_bus_creds_new_from_pid" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
<refnamediv>
<refname>sd_bus_creds_new_from_pid</refname>
+ <refname>sd_bus_creds_new_from_pidfd</refname>
<refname>sd_bus_creds_get_mask</refname>
<refname>sd_bus_creds_get_augmented_mask</refname>
<refname>sd_bus_creds_ref</refname>
@@ -38,6 +39,13 @@
</funcprototype>
<funcprototype>
+ <funcdef>int <function>sd_bus_creds_new_from_pidfd</function></funcdef>
+ <paramdef>int <parameter>pidfd</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>uint64_t <parameter>creds_mask</parameter></paramdef>
+ <paramdef>sd_bus_creds **<parameter>ret</parameter></paramdef>
+ </funcprototype>
+
+ <funcprototype>
<funcdef>uint64_t <function>sd_bus_creds_get_mask</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>sd_bus_creds *<parameter>c</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
@@ -98,6 +106,7 @@
<constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_UNIQUE_NAME</constant>,
<constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_WELL_KNOWN_NAMES</constant>,
<constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_DESCRIPTION</constant>,
+ <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_PIDFD</constant>,
<constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_AUGMENT</constant>,
<constant>_SD_BUS_CREDS_ALL</constant>
</para>
@@ -116,91 +125,65 @@
and
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_message_get_creds</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
- <para>The information that will be stored is determined by
- <parameter>creds_mask</parameter>. It may contain a subset of ORed
- constants <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_PID</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_PPID</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_TID</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_UID</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_EUID</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_SUID</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_FSUID</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_GID</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_EGID</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_SGID</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_FSGID</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_SUPPLEMENTARY_GIDS</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_COMM</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_TID_COMM</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_EXE</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_CMDLINE</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_CGROUP</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_UNIT</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_SLICE</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_USER_UNIT</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_USER_SLICE</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_SESSION</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_OWNER_UID</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_EFFECTIVE_CAPS</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_PERMITTED_CAPS</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_INHERITABLE_CAPS</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_BOUNDING_CAPS</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_SELINUX_CONTEXT</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_AUDIT_SESSION_ID</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_AUDIT_LOGIN_UID</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_TTY</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_UNIQUE_NAME</constant>,
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_WELL_KNOWN_NAMES</constant>, and
- <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_DESCRIPTION</constant>. Use the special
- value <constant>_SD_BUS_CREDS_ALL</constant> to request all
- supported fields. The <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_AUGMENT</constant>
- constant may not be ORed into the mask for invocations of
- <function>sd_bus_creds_new_from_pid()</function>.</para>
+ <para><function>sd_bus_creds_new_from_pidfd()</function> is identical to
+ <function>sd_bus_creds_new_from_pid()</function>, but takes a PID file descriptor rather than a numeric
+ PID as reference to the process. See <citerefentry
+ project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>pidfd_open</refentrytitle><manvolnum>2</manvolnum></citerefentry>.</para>
+
+ <para>The information that will be stored is determined by <parameter>creds_mask</parameter>. It may
+ contain a subset of ORed constants <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_PID</constant>,
+ <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_PPID</constant>, <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_TID</constant>,
+ <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_UID</constant>, <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_EUID</constant>,
+ <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_SUID</constant>, <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_FSUID</constant>,
+ <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_GID</constant>, <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_EGID</constant>,
+ <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_SGID</constant>, <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_FSGID</constant>,
+ <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_SUPPLEMENTARY_GIDS</constant>, <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_COMM</constant>,
+ <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_TID_COMM</constant>, <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_EXE</constant>,
+ <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_CMDLINE</constant>, <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_CGROUP</constant>,
+ <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_UNIT</constant>, <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_SLICE</constant>,
+ <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_USER_UNIT</constant>, <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_USER_SLICE</constant>,
+ <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_SESSION</constant>, <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_OWNER_UID</constant>,
+ <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_EFFECTIVE_CAPS</constant>, <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_PERMITTED_CAPS</constant>,
+ <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_INHERITABLE_CAPS</constant>, <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_BOUNDING_CAPS</constant>,
+ <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_SELINUX_CONTEXT</constant>, <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_AUDIT_SESSION_ID</constant>,
+ <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_AUDIT_LOGIN_UID</constant>, <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_TTY</constant>,
+ <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_UNIQUE_NAME</constant>, <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_WELL_KNOWN_NAMES</constant>,
+ <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_DESCRIPTION</constant>, and <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_PIDFD</constant>. Use the
+ special value <constant>_SD_BUS_CREDS_ALL</constant> to request all supported fields. The
+ <constant>SD_BUS_CREDS_AUGMENT</constant> constant may not be ORed into the mask for invocations of
+ <function>sd_bus_creds_new_from_pid()</function> or
+ <function>sd_bus_creds_new_from_pidfd()</function>.</para>
<para>Fields can be retrieved from the credentials object using
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_creds_get_pid</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
and other functions which correspond directly to the constants
listed above.</para>
- <para>A mask of fields which were actually successfully retrieved
- can be retrieved with
- <function>sd_bus_creds_get_mask()</function>. If the credentials
- object was created with
- <function>sd_bus_creds_new_from_pid()</function>, this will be a
- subset of fields requested in <parameter>creds_mask</parameter>.
+ <para>A mask of fields which were actually successfully retrieved can be retrieved with
+ <function>sd_bus_creds_get_mask()</function>. If the credentials object was created with
+ <function>sd_bus_creds_new_from_pid()</function> or <function>sd_bus_creds_new_from_pidfd()</function>,
+ this will be a subset of fields requested in <parameter>creds_mask</parameter>.
</para>
- <para>Similar to <function>sd_bus_creds_get_mask()</function>, the
- function <function>sd_bus_creds_get_augmented_mask()</function>
- returns a bitmask of field constants. The mask indicates which
- credential fields have been retrieved in a non-atomic fashion. For
- credential objects created via
- <function>sd_bus_creds_new_from_pid()</function>, this mask will be
- identical to the mask returned by
- <function>sd_bus_creds_get_mask()</function>. However, for
- credential objects retrieved via
- <function>sd_bus_get_name_creds()</function>, this mask will be set
- for the credential fields that could not be determined atomically
- at peer connection time, and which were later added by reading
- augmenting credential data from
- <filename>/proc/</filename>. Similarly, for credential objects
- retrieved via <function>sd_bus_get_owner_creds()</function>, the
- mask is set for the fields that could not be determined atomically
- at bus creation time, but have been augmented. Similarly, for
- credential objects retrieved via
- <function>sd_bus_message_get_creds()</function>, the mask is set
- for the fields that could not be determined atomically at message
- sending time, but have been augmented. The mask returned by
- <function>sd_bus_creds_get_augmented_mask()</function> is always a
- subset of (or identical to) the mask returned by
- <function>sd_bus_creds_get_mask()</function> for the same
- object. The latter call hence returns all credential fields
- available in the credential object, the former then marks the
- subset of those that have been augmented. Note that augmented
- fields are unsuitable for authorization decisions, as they may be
- retrieved at different times, thus being subject to races. Hence,
- augmented fields should be used exclusively for informational
- purposes.
+ <para>Similar to <function>sd_bus_creds_get_mask()</function>, the function
+ <function>sd_bus_creds_get_augmented_mask()</function> returns a bitmask of field constants. The mask
+ indicates which credential fields have been retrieved in a non-atomic fashion. For credential objects
+ created via <function>sd_bus_creds_new_from_pid()</function> or
+ <function>sd_bus_creds_new_from_pidfd()</function>, this mask will be identical to the mask returned by
+ <function>sd_bus_creds_get_mask()</function>. However, for credential objects retrieved via
+ <function>sd_bus_get_name_creds()</function>, this mask will be set for the credential fields that could
+ not be determined atomically at peer connection time, and which were later added by reading augmenting
+ credential data from <filename>/proc/</filename>. Similarly, for credential objects retrieved via
+ <function>sd_bus_get_owner_creds()</function>, the mask is set for the fields that could not be
+ determined atomically at bus creation time, but have been augmented. Similarly, for credential objects
+ retrieved via <function>sd_bus_message_get_creds()</function>, the mask is set for the fields that could
+ not be determined atomically at message sending time, but have been augmented. The mask returned by
+ <function>sd_bus_creds_get_augmented_mask()</function> is always a subset of (or identical to) the mask
+ returned by <function>sd_bus_creds_get_mask()</function> for the same object. The latter call hence
+ returns all credential fields available in the credential object, the former then marks the subset of
+ those that have been augmented. Note that augmented fields are unsuitable for authorization decisions, as
+ they may be retrieved at different times, thus being subject to races. Hence, augmented fields should be
+ used exclusively for informational purposes.
</para>
<para><function>sd_bus_creds_ref()</function> creates a new
@@ -234,9 +217,9 @@
<refsect1>
<title>Return Value</title>
- <para>On success, <function>sd_bus_creds_new_from_pid()</function>
- returns 0 or a positive integer. On failure, it returns a negative
- errno-style error code.</para>
+ <para>On success, <function>sd_bus_creds_new_from_pid()</function> and
+ <function>sd_bus_creds_new_from_pidfd()</function> return 0 or a positive integer. On failure, they return
+ a negative errno-style error code.</para>
<para><function>sd_bus_creds_get_mask()</function> returns the
mask of successfully acquired fields.</para>
@@ -256,9 +239,9 @@
<refsect1>
<title>Reference ownership</title>
- <para>Function <function>sd_bus_creds_new_from_pid()</function>
- creates a new object and the caller owns the sole reference. When
- not needed anymore, this reference should be destroyed with
+ <para>The functions <function>sd_bus_creds_new_from_pid()</function> and
+ <function>sd_bus_creds_new_from_pidfd()</function> create a new object and the caller owns the sole
+ reference. When not needed anymore, this reference should be destroyed with
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_creds_unref</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>.
</para>
@@ -303,23 +286,24 @@
<title>History</title>
<para><function>sd_bus_creds_new_from_pid()</function>,
<function>sd_bus_creds_get_mask()</function>,
- <function>sd_bus_creds_ref()</function>, and
- <function>sd_bus_creds_unref()</function> were added in version 209.</para>
- <para><function>sd_bus_creds_get_augmented_mask()</function> was added in version 223.</para>
+ <function>sd_bus_creds_ref()</function>,
+ <function>sd_bus_creds_unref()</function>, and
+ <function>sd_bus_creds_get_augmented_mask()</function> were added in version 221.</para>
<para><function>sd_bus_creds_unrefp()</function> was added in version 229.</para>
+ <para><function>sd_bus_creds_new_from_pidfd()</function> was added in version 256.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
- <para>
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-bus</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_creds_get_pid</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_get_name_creds</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_get_owner_creds</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>,
- <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_message_get_creds</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>
- </para>
+ <para><simplelist type="inline">
+ <member><citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry></member>
+ <member><citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-bus</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry></member>
+ <member><citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_creds_get_pid</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry></member>
+ <member><citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_get_name_creds</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry></member>
+ <member><citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_get_owner_creds</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry></member>
+ <member><citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd_bus_message_get_creds</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry></member>
+ </simplelist></para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>