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[rpcbind,v2] Move default state-dir to a subdirectory of /tmp

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NeilBrown Nov. 14, 2016, 7:05 a.m. UTC
rpcbind can save state in a file to allow restart without forgetting
about running services.

The default location is currently "/tmp" which is
not ideal for system files.  It is particularly unpleasant
to put simple files there rather than creating a directory
to contain them.

On a modern Linux system it is preferable to use /run, and there it is
even more consistent with practice to use a subdirectory.

This directory needs to be create one each boot, and while there are
tools (e.g. systemd-tmpfiles) which can do that it is cleaner to keep
rpcbind self-contained and have it create the directory.

So change the default location to /tmp/rpcbind, and create that
directory.  If a different user-id is used, we need to create
and chown the directory before dropping privileges.  We do this
with care so avoid chowning the wrong thing by mistake.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>
---

hi,
 I realized that I hadn't allowed for the fact that rpcbind changes
 it's uid, and we need to mkdir and chown before that.
 I've also reverted the move to /run, but moved to /tmp/rpcbind
 instead.  A subdirectory is a good idea, even in /tmp.

NeilBrown


 configure.ac    |  4 ++--
 src/rpcbind.c   |  5 +++++
 src/rpcbind.h   |  1 +
 src/warmstart.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++----
 4 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Comments

Steve Dickson Nov. 15, 2016, 7:54 p.m. UTC | #1
On 11/14/2016 02:05 AM, NeilBrown wrote:
> rpcbind can save state in a file to allow restart without forgetting
> about running services.
>
> The default location is currently "/tmp" which is
> not ideal for system files.  It is particularly unpleasant
> to put simple files there rather than creating a directory
> to contain them.
>
> On a modern Linux system it is preferable to use /run, and there it is
> even more consistent with practice to use a subdirectory.
>
> This directory needs to be create one each boot, and while there are
> tools (e.g. systemd-tmpfiles) which can do that it is cleaner to keep
> rpcbind self-contained and have it create the directory.
>
> So change the default location to /tmp/rpcbind, and create that
> directory.  If a different user-id is used, we need to create
> and chown the directory before dropping privileges.  We do this
> with care so avoid chowning the wrong thing by mistake.
>
> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>
> ---
>
> hi,
>  I realized that I hadn't allowed for the fact that rpcbind changes
>  it's uid, and we need to mkdir and chown before that.
>  I've also reverted the move to /run, but moved to /tmp/rpcbind
>  instead.  A subdirectory is a good idea, even in /tmp.
I'm beginning to think put these files into a directory call /tmp/rpcbind
is not a good idea...  Because if something in /tmp is called rpcbind (like a
debugging binary ;-) ) the mkdirs will silently fail which is not good.

Here is what I would like to do.

Move the directory into /run then create the /run/rpcbind when it
does not exist... I think that should play nicely in both the
systemd worlds and non-systemd worlds

Thoughts?

steved.
>
> NeilBrown
>
>
>  configure.ac    |  4 ++--
>  src/rpcbind.c   |  5 +++++
>  src/rpcbind.h   |  1 +
>  src/warmstart.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++----
>  4 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
> index f84921eb27fb..df931c720f93 100644
> --- a/configure.ac
> +++ b/configure.ac
> @@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE([warmstarts],
>  AM_CONDITIONAL(WARMSTART, test x$enable_warmstarts = xyes)
>  
>  AC_ARG_WITH([statedir],
> -  AS_HELP_STRING([--with-statedir=ARG], [use ARG as state dir @<:@default=/tmp@:>@])
> -  ,, [with_statedir=/tmp])
> +  AS_HELP_STRING([--with-statedir=ARG], [use ARG as state dir @<:@default=/tmp/rpcbind@:>@])
> +  ,, [with_statedir=/tmp/rpcbind])
>  AC_SUBST([statedir], [$with_statedir])
>  
>  AC_ARG_WITH([rpcuser],
> diff --git a/src/rpcbind.c b/src/rpcbind.c
> index 87ccdc27e4c9..8db8dfc17c27 100644
> --- a/src/rpcbind.c
> +++ b/src/rpcbind.c
> @@ -263,6 +263,11 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
>  			syslog(LOG_ERR, "cannot get uid of '%s': %m", id);
>  			exit(1);
>  		}
> +#ifdef WARMSTART
> +		if (warmstart) {
> +			mkdir_warmstart(p->pw_uid);
> +		}
> +#endif
>                  if (setgid(p->pw_gid) == -1) {
>                          syslog(LOG_ERR, "setgid to '%s' (%d) failed: %m", id, p->pw_gid);
>                          exit(1);
> diff --git a/src/rpcbind.h b/src/rpcbind.h
> index 74f9591ae720..5b1a9bb8651a 100644
> --- a/src/rpcbind.h
> +++ b/src/rpcbind.h
> @@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ int is_localroot(struct netbuf *);
>  extern void pmap_service(struct svc_req *, SVCXPRT *);
>  #endif
>  
> +void mkdir_warmstart(int uid);
>  void write_warmstart(void);
>  void read_warmstart(void);
>  
> diff --git a/src/warmstart.c b/src/warmstart.c
> index 122a058b7954..3a6bcb5e34e1 100644
> --- a/src/warmstart.c
> +++ b/src/warmstart.c
> @@ -45,19 +45,23 @@
>  #include <syslog.h>
>  #include <unistd.h>
>  #include <errno.h>
> +#include <fcntl.h>
>  
>  #include "rpcbind.h"
>  
> -#ifndef RPCBIND_STATEDIR
> -#define RPCBIND_STATEDIR "/tmp"
> -#endif
> -
>  /* These files keep the pmap_list and rpcb_list in XDR format */
>  #define	RPCBFILE	RPCBIND_STATEDIR "/rpcbind.xdr"
>  #ifdef PORTMAP
>  #define	PMAPFILE	RPCBIND_STATEDIR "/portmap.xdr"
>  #endif
>  
> +#ifndef O_DIRECTORY
> +#define O_DIRECTORY 0
> +#endif
> +#ifndef O_NOFOLLOW
> +#define O_NOFOLLOW 0
> +#endif
> +
>  static bool_t write_struct(char *, xdrproc_t, void *);
>  static bool_t read_struct(char *, xdrproc_t, void *);
>  
> @@ -139,8 +143,21 @@ error:
>  }
>  
>  void
> +mkdir_warmstart(int uid)
> +{
> +	if (mkdir(RPCBIND_STATEDIR, 0770) == 0) {
> +		int fd = open(RPCBIND_STATEDIR, O_RDONLY | O_DIRECTORY | O_NOFOLLOW);
> +		if (fd >= 0) {
> +			fchown(fd, uid, -1);
> +			close(fd);
> +		}
> +	}
> +}
> +
> +void
>  write_warmstart()
>  {
> +	(void) mkdir(RPCBIND_STATEDIR, 0770);
>  	(void) write_struct(RPCBFILE, (xdrproc_t)xdr_rpcblist_ptr, &list_rbl);
>  #ifdef PORTMAP
>  	(void) write_struct(PMAPFILE, (xdrproc_t)xdr_pmaplist_ptr, &list_pml);

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NeilBrown Nov. 16, 2016, 1:34 a.m. UTC | #2
On Wed, Nov 16 2016, Steve Dickson wrote:

> On 11/14/2016 02:05 AM, NeilBrown wrote:
>> rpcbind can save state in a file to allow restart without forgetting
>> about running services.
>>
>> The default location is currently "/tmp" which is
>> not ideal for system files.  It is particularly unpleasant
>> to put simple files there rather than creating a directory
>> to contain them.
>>
>> On a modern Linux system it is preferable to use /run, and there it is
>> even more consistent with practice to use a subdirectory.
>>
>> This directory needs to be create one each boot, and while there are
>> tools (e.g. systemd-tmpfiles) which can do that it is cleaner to keep
>> rpcbind self-contained and have it create the directory.
>>
>> So change the default location to /tmp/rpcbind, and create that
>> directory.  If a different user-id is used, we need to create
>> and chown the directory before dropping privileges.  We do this
>> with care so avoid chowning the wrong thing by mistake.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>
>> ---
>>
>> hi,
>>  I realized that I hadn't allowed for the fact that rpcbind changes
>>  it's uid, and we need to mkdir and chown before that.
>>  I've also reverted the move to /run, but moved to /tmp/rpcbind
>>  instead.  A subdirectory is a good idea, even in /tmp.
> I'm beginning to think put these files into a directory call /tmp/rpcbind
> is not a good idea...  Because if something in /tmp is called rpcbind (like a
> debugging binary ;-) ) the mkdirs will silently fail which is not good.
>
> Here is what I would like to do.
>
> Move the directory into /run then create the /run/rpcbind when it
> does not exist... I think that should play nicely in both the
> systemd worlds and non-systemd worlds
>
> Thoughts?

/var/run rather than /run seems to be a safer universal default.
Linux distros can run ./configure --with-statedir=/run/rcpbind

Otherwise, I think we are in agreement.

You want I should respin with /tmp/rpcbind -> /var/run/rpcbind ??

Thanks,
NeilBrown
Steve Dickson Nov. 16, 2016, 10:17 a.m. UTC | #3
On 11/15/2016 08:34 PM, NeilBrown wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 16 2016, Steve Dickson wrote:
>
>> On 11/14/2016 02:05 AM, NeilBrown wrote:
>>> rpcbind can save state in a file to allow restart without forgetting
>>> about running services.
>>>
>>> The default location is currently "/tmp" which is
>>> not ideal for system files.  It is particularly unpleasant
>>> to put simple files there rather than creating a directory
>>> to contain them.
>>>
>>> On a modern Linux system it is preferable to use /run, and there it is
>>> even more consistent with practice to use a subdirectory.
>>>
>>> This directory needs to be create one each boot, and while there are
>>> tools (e.g. systemd-tmpfiles) which can do that it is cleaner to keep
>>> rpcbind self-contained and have it create the directory.
>>>
>>> So change the default location to /tmp/rpcbind, and create that
>>> directory.  If a different user-id is used, we need to create
>>> and chown the directory before dropping privileges.  We do this
>>> with care so avoid chowning the wrong thing by mistake.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>
>>> ---
>>>
>>> hi,
>>>  I realized that I hadn't allowed for the fact that rpcbind changes
>>>  it's uid, and we need to mkdir and chown before that.
>>>  I've also reverted the move to /run, but moved to /tmp/rpcbind
>>>  instead.  A subdirectory is a good idea, even in /tmp.
>> I'm beginning to think put these files into a directory call /tmp/rpcbind
>> is not a good idea...  Because if something in /tmp is called rpcbind (like a
>> debugging binary ;-) ) the mkdirs will silently fail which is not good.
>>
>> Here is what I would like to do.
>>
>> Move the directory into /run then create the /run/rpcbind when it
>> does not exist... I think that should play nicely in both the
>> systemd worlds and non-systemd worlds
>>
>> Thoughts?
> /var/run rather than /run seems to be a safer universal default.
> Linux distros can run ./configure --with-statedir=/run/rcpbind
Fair enough... I can roll with that.
>
> Otherwise, I think we are in agreement.
>
> You want I should respin with /tmp/rpcbind -> /var/run/rpcbind ??
Sure...

thanks!

steved.

>
> Thanks,
> NeilBrown

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diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f84921eb27fb..df931c720f93 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@  AC_ARG_ENABLE([warmstarts],
 AM_CONDITIONAL(WARMSTART, test x$enable_warmstarts = xyes)
 
 AC_ARG_WITH([statedir],
-  AS_HELP_STRING([--with-statedir=ARG], [use ARG as state dir @<:@default=/tmp@:>@])
-  ,, [with_statedir=/tmp])
+  AS_HELP_STRING([--with-statedir=ARG], [use ARG as state dir @<:@default=/tmp/rpcbind@:>@])
+  ,, [with_statedir=/tmp/rpcbind])
 AC_SUBST([statedir], [$with_statedir])
 
 AC_ARG_WITH([rpcuser],
diff --git a/src/rpcbind.c b/src/rpcbind.c
index 87ccdc27e4c9..8db8dfc17c27 100644
--- a/src/rpcbind.c
+++ b/src/rpcbind.c
@@ -263,6 +263,11 @@  main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			syslog(LOG_ERR, "cannot get uid of '%s': %m", id);
 			exit(1);
 		}
+#ifdef WARMSTART
+		if (warmstart) {
+			mkdir_warmstart(p->pw_uid);
+		}
+#endif
                 if (setgid(p->pw_gid) == -1) {
                         syslog(LOG_ERR, "setgid to '%s' (%d) failed: %m", id, p->pw_gid);
                         exit(1);
diff --git a/src/rpcbind.h b/src/rpcbind.h
index 74f9591ae720..5b1a9bb8651a 100644
--- a/src/rpcbind.h
+++ b/src/rpcbind.h
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@  int is_localroot(struct netbuf *);
 extern void pmap_service(struct svc_req *, SVCXPRT *);
 #endif
 
+void mkdir_warmstart(int uid);
 void write_warmstart(void);
 void read_warmstart(void);
 
diff --git a/src/warmstart.c b/src/warmstart.c
index 122a058b7954..3a6bcb5e34e1 100644
--- a/src/warmstart.c
+++ b/src/warmstart.c
@@ -45,19 +45,23 @@ 
 #include <syslog.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
 
 #include "rpcbind.h"
 
-#ifndef RPCBIND_STATEDIR
-#define RPCBIND_STATEDIR "/tmp"
-#endif
-
 /* These files keep the pmap_list and rpcb_list in XDR format */
 #define	RPCBFILE	RPCBIND_STATEDIR "/rpcbind.xdr"
 #ifdef PORTMAP
 #define	PMAPFILE	RPCBIND_STATEDIR "/portmap.xdr"
 #endif
 
+#ifndef O_DIRECTORY
+#define O_DIRECTORY 0
+#endif
+#ifndef O_NOFOLLOW
+#define O_NOFOLLOW 0
+#endif
+
 static bool_t write_struct(char *, xdrproc_t, void *);
 static bool_t read_struct(char *, xdrproc_t, void *);
 
@@ -139,8 +143,21 @@  error:
 }
 
 void
+mkdir_warmstart(int uid)
+{
+	if (mkdir(RPCBIND_STATEDIR, 0770) == 0) {
+		int fd = open(RPCBIND_STATEDIR, O_RDONLY | O_DIRECTORY | O_NOFOLLOW);
+		if (fd >= 0) {
+			fchown(fd, uid, -1);
+			close(fd);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+void
 write_warmstart()
 {
+	(void) mkdir(RPCBIND_STATEDIR, 0770);
 	(void) write_struct(RPCBFILE, (xdrproc_t)xdr_rpcblist_ptr, &list_rbl);
 #ifdef PORTMAP
 	(void) write_struct(PMAPFILE, (xdrproc_t)xdr_pmaplist_ptr, &list_pml);