daemonthingies/setruid.c

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#define _BSD_SOURCE
#include <errno.h>
#include <pwd.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>
int main(int argc, char **argv) {
if(argc < 3) {
fprintf(stderr, "Usage: %s username command [arguments]\n", argv[0]);
return 1;
}
const char *username = argv[1];
errno = 0;
struct passwd *passwd_entry = getpwnam(username);
if(passwd_entry == NULL) {
perror("getpwnam");
return 1;
}
uid_t ruid = passwd_entry->pw_uid;
if(setreuid(ruid, -1) != 0) {
perror("getpwnam");
return 1;
}
char **daemon_argv = &argv[2];
const char *daemon_command = daemon_argv[0];
execvp(daemon_command, daemon_argv);
perror("execvp");
return 1;
}