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1 files changed, 16 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/lib/Bcfg2/Server/Core.py b/src/lib/Bcfg2/Server/Core.py
index 6dfe4df1f..0369da8f2 100644
--- a/src/lib/Bcfg2/Server/Core.py
+++ b/src/lib/Bcfg2/Server/Core.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import threading
import time
import inspect
import lxml.etree
+import daemon
import Bcfg2.settings
import Bcfg2.Server
import Bcfg2.Logger
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ class BaseCore(object):
:type setup: Bcfg2.Options.OptionParser
.. automethod:: _daemonize
+ .. automethod:: _drop_privileges
.. automethod:: _run
.. automethod:: _block
.. -----
@@ -803,7 +805,8 @@ class BaseCore(object):
self.logger.debug("Slept %s seconds while handling FAM events" % slept)
def run(self):
- """ Run the server core. This calls :func:`_daemonize`,
+ """ Run the server core. This calls :func:`_daemonize`
+ (or :func:`_drop_privileges` if not in daemon mode),
:func:`_run`, starts the :attr:`fam_thread`, and calls
:func:`_block`, but note that it is the responsibility of the
server core implementation to call :func:`shutdown` under
@@ -830,6 +833,8 @@ class BaseCore(object):
# dropped
os.environ['HOME'] = pwd.getpwuid(self.setup['daemon_uid'])[5]
else:
+ if os.getuid() == 0:
+ self._drop_privileges()
os.umask(int(self.setup['umask'], 8))
if not self._run():
@@ -861,6 +866,16 @@ class BaseCore(object):
overridden by a core implementation. """
raise NotImplementedError
+ def _drop_privileges(self):
+ """ This is called if not daemonized and running as root to
+ drop the privileges to the configured daemon_uid and daemon_gid.
+ """
+ daemon.daemon.change_process_owner(
+ self.setup['daemon_uid'],
+ self.setup['daemon_gid'])
+ self.logger.debug("Dropped privileges to %s:%s." %
+ (os.getuid(), os.getgid()))
+
def _run(self):
""" Start up the server; this method should return
immediately. This must be overridden by a core