Adding upstream version 7.0.14-dfsg.upstream/7.0.14-dfsg

Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>

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+#!/bin/sh
+# $Id: runasroot.sh $
+## @file
+# VirtualBox privileged execution helper script for Linux and Solaris
+#
+
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2009-2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+#
+# This file is part of VirtualBox base platform packages, as
+# available from https://www.virtualbox.org.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+# as published by the Free Software Foundation, in version 3 of the
+# License.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+# General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program; if not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses>.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-only
+#
+
+# Deal with differing "which" semantics
+mywhich() {
+    which "$1" 2>/dev/null | grep -v "no $1"
+}
+
+# Get the name and execute switch for a useful terminal emulator
+#
+# Sets $gxtpath to the emulator path or empty
+# Sets $gxttitle to the "title" switch for that emulator
+# Sets $gxtexec to the "execute" switch for that emulator
+# May clobber $gtx*
+# Calls mywhich
+getxterm() {
+    # gnome-terminal uses -e differently to other emulators
+    for gxti in "konsole --title -e" "gnome-terminal --title -x" "xterm -T -e"; do
+        set $gxti
+        gxtpath="`mywhich $1`"
+        case "$gxtpath" in ?*)
+            gxttitle=$2
+            gxtexec=$3
+            return
+            ;;
+        esac
+    done
+}
+
+# Quotes its argument by inserting '\' in front of every character save
+# for 'A-Za-z0-9/'.  Prints the result to stdout.
+quotify() {
+    echo "$1" | sed -e 's/\([^a-zA-Z0-9/]\)/\\\1/g'
+}
+
+ostype=`uname -s`
+if test "$ostype" != "Linux" && test "$ostype" != "SunOS" ; then
+  echo "Linux/Solaris not detected."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+HAS_TERMINAL=""
+case "$1" in "--has-terminal")
+    shift
+    HAS_TERMINAL="yes"
+    ;;
+esac
+
+case "$#" in "2"|"3")
+    ;;
+    *)
+    echo "Usage: `basename $0` DESCRIPTION COMMAND [ADVICE]" >&2
+    echo >&2
+    echo "Attempt to execute COMMAND with root privileges, displaying DESCRIPTION if" >&2
+    echo "possible and displaying ADVICE if possible if no su(1)-like tool is available." >&2
+    exit 1
+    ;;
+esac
+
+DESCRIPTION=$1
+COMMAND=$2
+ADVICE=$3
+PATH=$PATH:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/X11/bin
+
+case "$ostype" in SunOS)
+    PATH=$PATH:/usr/sfw/bin:/usr/gnu/bin:/usr/xpg4/bin:/usr/xpg6/bin:/usr/openwin/bin:/usr/ucb
+    GKSU_SWITCHES="-au root"
+    ;;
+    *)
+    GKSU_SWITCHES=""
+    ;;
+esac
+
+case "$HAS_TERMINAL" in "")
+    case "$DISPLAY" in ?*)
+        KDESUDO="`mywhich kdesudo`"
+        case "$KDESUDO" in ?*)
+            eval "`quotify "$KDESUDO"` --comment `quotify "$DESCRIPTION"` -- $COMMAND"
+            exit
+            ;;
+        esac
+
+        KDESU="`mywhich kdesu`"
+        case "$KDESU" in ?*)
+            "$KDESU" -c "$COMMAND"
+            exit
+            ;;
+        esac
+
+        GKSU="`mywhich gksu`"
+        case "$GKSU" in ?*)
+            # Older gksu does not grok --description nor '--' and multiple args.
+            # @todo which versions do?
+            # "$GKSU" --description "$DESCRIPTION" -- "$@"
+            # Note that $GKSU_SWITCHES is NOT quoted in the following
+            "$GKSU" $GKSU_SWITCHES "$COMMAND"
+            exit
+            ;;
+        esac
+        ;;
+    esac # $DISPLAY
+    ;;
+esac # ! $HAS_TERMINAL
+
+# pkexec may work for ssh console sessions as well if the right agents
+# are installed.  However it is very generic and does not allow for any
+# custom messages.  Thus it comes after gksu.
+## @todo should we insist on either a display or a terminal?
+# case "$DISPLAY$HAS_TERMINAL" in ?*)
+PKEXEC="`mywhich pkexec`"
+case "$PKEXEC" in ?*)
+    eval "\"$PKEXEC\" $COMMAND"
+    exit
+    ;;
+esac
+#    ;;S
+#esac
+
+case "$HAS_TERMINAL" in ?*)
+        USE_SUDO=
+        grep -q Ubuntu /etc/lsb-release 2>/dev/null && USE_SUDO=true
+        # On Ubuntu we need sudo instead of su.  Assume this works, and is only
+        # needed for Ubuntu until proven wrong.
+        case $USE_SUDO in true)
+            SUDO_COMMAND="`quotify "$SUDO"` -- $COMMAND"
+            eval "$SUDO_COMMAND"
+            exit
+            ;;
+        esac
+
+    SU="`mywhich su`"
+    case "$SU" in ?*)
+        "$SU" - root -c "$COMMAND"
+        exit
+        ;;
+    esac
+    ;;
+esac
+
+# The ultimate fallback is running 'su -' within an xterm.  We use the
+# title of the xterm to tell what is going on.
+case "$DISPLAY" in ?*)
+    SU="`mywhich su`"
+    case "$SU" in ?*)
+        getxterm
+        case "$gxtpath" in ?*)
+            "$gxtpath" "$gxttitle" "$DESCRIPTION - su" "$gxtexec" su - root -c "$COMMAND"
+            exit
+            ;;
+        esac
+    esac
+esac # $DISPLAY
+
+# Failure...
+case "$DISPLAY" in ?*)
+    echo "Unable to locate 'pkexec', 'gksu' or 'su+xterm'. $ADVICE" >&2
+    ;;
+    *)
+    echo "Unable to locate 'pkexec'. $ADVICE" >&2
+    ;;
+esac
+
+exit 1