Revert "weston: Drop priviledges early, and seteuid when needed"

This reverts commit fc6ccb868f.

We still need root permissions for drmDrop/SetMaster.  Without
integration with ConsoleKit or systemd we also don't have access
to /dev/dri/cardX in the case where we open a new VT.
dev
Kristian Høgsberg 13 years ago
parent fc6ccb868f
commit bcecca49b8
  1. 3
      src/compositor.c
  2. 6
      src/evdev.c
  3. 11
      src/tty.c

@ -2088,9 +2088,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{ NULL, }
};
/* Drop privilidges early, use getresuid when needed again */
seteuid(getuid());
while (o = getopt_long(argc, argv, opts, longopts, &o), o > 0) {
switch (o) {
case 'B':

@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
* CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
*/
#define _GNU_SOURCE
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
@ -441,7 +439,6 @@ evdev_input_device_create(struct evdev_input *master,
struct evdev_input_device *device;
struct wl_event_loop *loop;
struct weston_compositor *ec;
uid_t saved_uid, uid, euid;
device = malloc(sizeof *device);
if (device == NULL)
@ -459,10 +456,7 @@ evdev_input_device_create(struct evdev_input *master,
device->rel.dx = 0;
device->rel.dy = 0;
getresuid(&uid, &euid, &saved_uid);
seteuid(saved_uid);
device->fd = open(path, O_RDONLY);
seteuid(euid);
if (device->fd < 0)
goto err0;

@ -20,8 +20,6 @@
* CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE.
*/
#define _GNU_SOURCE
#include <termios.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
@ -130,7 +128,6 @@ tty_create(struct weston_compositor *compositor, tty_vt_func_t vt_func,
struct wl_event_loop *loop;
struct stat buf;
char filename[16];
uid_t saved_uid, uid, euid;
tty = malloc(sizeof *tty);
if (tty == NULL)
@ -139,8 +136,6 @@ tty_create(struct weston_compositor *compositor, tty_vt_func_t vt_func,
memset(tty, 0, sizeof *tty);
tty->compositor = compositor;
tty->vt_func = vt_func;
getresuid(&uid, &euid, &saved_uid);
seteuid(saved_uid);
if (tty_nr > 0) {
snprintf(filename, sizeof filename, "/dev/tty%d", tty_nr);
fprintf(stderr, "compositor: using %s\n", filename);
@ -157,13 +152,11 @@ tty_create(struct weston_compositor *compositor, tty_vt_func_t vt_func,
if (tty->fd <= 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "failed to open tty: %m\n");
seteuid(euid);
return NULL;
}
if (tcgetattr(tty->fd, &tty->terminal_attributes) < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "could not get terminal attributes: %m\n");
seteuid(euid);
return NULL;
}
@ -185,7 +178,6 @@ tty_create(struct weston_compositor *compositor, tty_vt_func_t vt_func,
ret = ioctl(tty->fd, KDSETMODE, KD_GRAPHICS);
if (ret) {
fprintf(stderr, "failed to set KD_GRAPHICS mode on tty: %m\n");
seteuid(euid);
return NULL;
}
@ -195,12 +187,9 @@ tty_create(struct weston_compositor *compositor, tty_vt_func_t vt_func,
mode.acqsig = SIGUSR1;
if (ioctl(tty->fd, VT_SETMODE, &mode) < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "failed to take control of vt handling\n");
seteuid(euid);
return NULL;
}
seteuid(euid);
tty->vt_source =
wl_event_loop_add_signal(loop, SIGUSR1, vt_handler, tty);

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