2 * Copyright (C) 1997-2013 Andre Noll <maan@systemlinux.org>
4 * Licensed under the GPL v2. For licencing details see COPYING.
7 /** \file daemon.c Some helpers for programs that detach from the console. */
11 #include <sys/types.h> /* getgrnam() */
20 /** The internal state of the daemon. */
22 /** See \ref daemon_flags. */
24 /** Set by \ref daemon_set_logfile(). */
26 /** Current loglevel, see \ref daemon_set_loglevel(). */
28 /** Used by \ref server_uptime() and \ref uptime_str(). */
30 /** The file pointer if the logfile is open. */
32 /** Used by para_log() if \p DF_LOG_HOSTNAME is set. */
34 /** Used for colored log messages. */
35 char log_colors[NUM_LOGLEVELS][COLOR_MAXLEN];
38 static struct daemon the_daemon, *me = &the_daemon;
41 * Activate default log colors.
43 * This should be called early if color support is wanted.
45 void daemon_set_default_log_colors(void)
48 static const char *default_log_colors[NUM_LOGLEVELS] = {
49 [LL_DEBUG] = "normal",
51 [LL_NOTICE] = "normal",
52 [LL_WARNING] = "yellow",
54 [LL_CRIT] = "magenta bold",
55 [LL_EMERG] = "red bold",
57 for (i = 0; i < NUM_LOGLEVELS; i++)
58 color_parse_or_die(default_log_colors[i], me->log_colors[i]);
62 * Set the color for one loglevel.
64 * \param arg The loglevel/color specifier.
66 * \a arg must be of the form "ll:[fg [bg]] [attr]".
68 void daemon_set_log_color_or_die(char const *arg)
70 char *p = strchr(arg, ':');
75 ret = get_loglevel_by_name(arg);
80 color_parse_or_die(p, me->log_colors[ll]);
83 PARA_EMERG_LOG("%s: color syntax error\n", arg);
88 * Init or change the name of the log file.
90 * \param logfile_name The full path of the logfile.
92 void daemon_set_logfile(char *logfile_name)
94 free(me->logfile_name);
95 me->logfile_name = NULL;
97 me->logfile_name = para_strdup(logfile_name);
101 * Suppress log messages with severity lower than the given loglevel.
103 * \param loglevel The smallest level that should be logged.
105 void daemon_set_loglevel(char *loglevel)
107 int ret = get_loglevel_by_name(loglevel);
114 * Set one of the daemon config flags.
116 * \param flag The flag to set.
118 * \sa \ref daemon_flags.
120 void daemon_set_flag(unsigned flag)
126 * Clear one of the daemon config flags.
128 * \param flag The flag to clear.
130 * \sa \ref daemon_flags.
132 void daemon_clear_flag(unsigned flag)
137 static bool daemon_test_flag(unsigned flag)
139 return me->flags & flag;
142 static void dummy_sighandler(__a_unused int s)
147 * Do the usual stuff to become a daemon.
149 * \param parent_waits Whether the parent process should pause before exit.
151 * Fork, become session leader, cd to /, and dup fd 0, 1, 2 to /dev/null. If \a
152 * parent_waits is false, the parent process terminates immediately.
153 * Otherwise, it calls pause() to sleep until it receives \p SIGTERM or \p
154 * SIGCHLD and exits successfully thereafter. This behaviour is useful if the
155 * daemon process should not detach from the console until the child process
156 * has completed its setup.
158 * \sa fork(2), setsid(2), dup(2), pause(2).
160 void daemonize(bool parent_waits)
165 PARA_INFO_LOG("daemonizing\n");
171 signal(SIGTERM, dummy_sighandler);
172 signal(SIGCHLD, dummy_sighandler);
175 exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); /* parent exits */
177 /* become session leader */
182 null = open("/dev/null", O_RDONLY);
185 if (dup2(null, STDIN_FILENO) < 0)
187 if (dup2(null, STDOUT_FILENO) < 0)
189 if (dup2(null, STDERR_FILENO) < 0)
194 PARA_EMERG_LOG("fatal: %s\n", strerror(errno));
199 * Close the log file of the daemon.
201 void daemon_close_log(void)
205 PARA_INFO_LOG("closing logfile\n");
211 * fopen() the logfile in append mode.
213 * \return Either succeeds or exits.
215 void daemon_open_log_or_die(void)
218 if (!me->logfile_name)
220 me->logfile = fopen(me->logfile_name, "a");
222 PARA_EMERG_LOG("can not open %s: %s\n", me->logfile_name,
226 setlinebuf(me->logfile);
230 * Log the startup message containing the paraslash version.
232 void log_welcome(const char *whoami)
234 PARA_INFO_LOG("welcome to %s " PACKAGE_VERSION " ("BUILD_DATE")\n",
239 * Give up superuser privileges.
241 * \param username The user to switch to.
242 * \param groupname The group to switch to.
244 * This function returns immediately if not invoked with EUID zero. Otherwise,
245 * it tries to obtain the GID of \a groupname and the UID of \a username. On
246 * success, effective and real GID/UID and the saved set-group-ID/set-user-ID
247 * are all set accordingly. On errors, an appropriate message is logged and
248 * exit() is called to terminate the process.
250 * \sa getpwnam(3), getuid(2), setuid(2), getgrnam(2), setgid(2)
252 void drop_privileges_or_die(const char *username, const char *groupname)
260 struct group *g = getgrnam(groupname);
262 PARA_EMERG_LOG("failed to get group %s: %s\n",
263 groupname, strerror(errno));
266 if (setgid(g->gr_gid) < 0) {
267 PARA_EMERG_LOG("failed to set group id %d: %s\n",
268 (int)g->gr_gid, strerror(errno));
273 PARA_EMERG_LOG("root privileges, but no user option given\n");
276 tmp = para_strdup(username);
280 PARA_EMERG_LOG("%s: no such user\n", username);
283 PARA_INFO_LOG("dropping root privileges\n");
284 if (setuid(p->pw_uid) < 0) {
285 PARA_EMERG_LOG("failed to set effective user ID (%s)",
289 PARA_DEBUG_LOG("uid: %d, euid: %d\n", (int)getuid(), (int)geteuid());
293 * Set the server startup time.
295 * \param startuptime The value to store as the server start time.
297 * This should be called once on startup with \a startuptime either NULL or a
298 * pointer to a struct timeval which contains the current time. If \a
299 * startuptime is NULL, the server start time is set to the current time.
301 * \sa time(2), difftime(3) \ref get_server_uptime(), \ref
302 * get_server_uptime_str().
304 void set_server_start_time(const struct timeval *startuptime)
307 me->startuptime = startuptime->tv_sec;
309 time(&me->startuptime);
313 * Get the server uptime.
315 * \param current_time The current time.
317 * The \a current_time pointer may be \p NULL. In this case the function
318 * obtains the current time from the system.
320 * \return This returns the server uptime in seconds, i.e. the difference
321 * between the current time and the value stored previously via \ref
322 * set_server_start_time().
324 time_t get_server_uptime(const struct timeval *current_time)
329 return current_time->tv_sec - me->startuptime;
331 return difftime(t, me->startuptime);
335 * Construct a string containing the current uptime.
337 * \param current_time See a \ref get_server_uptime().
339 * \return A dynamically allocated string of the form "days:hours:minutes".
343 __malloc char *get_server_uptime_str(const struct timeval *current_time)
345 long t = get_server_uptime(current_time);
346 return make_message("%li:%02li:%02li", t / 86400,
347 (t / 3600) % 24, (t / 60) % 60);
351 * The log function for para_server and para_audiod.
353 * \param ll The log level.
354 * \param fmt The format string describing the log message.
356 __printf_2_3 void daemon_log(int ll, const char* fmt,...)
362 bool log_time = daemon_test_flag(DF_LOG_TIME), log_timing =
363 daemon_test_flag(DF_LOG_TIMING);
365 ll = PARA_MIN(ll, NUM_LOGLEVELS - 1);
366 ll = PARA_MAX(ll, LL_DEBUG);
367 if (ll < me->loglevel)
370 fp = me->logfile? me->logfile : stderr;
371 color = daemon_test_flag(DF_COLOR_LOG)? me->log_colors[ll] : NULL;
373 fprintf(fp, "%s", color);
374 if (log_time || log_timing) {
376 clock_get_realtime(&tv);
377 if (daemon_test_flag(DF_LOG_TIME)) { /* print date and time */
378 time_t t1 = tv.tv_sec;
381 strftime(str, sizeof(str), "%b %d %H:%M:%S", tm);
382 fprintf(fp, "%s%s", str, log_timing? ":" : " ");
384 if (log_timing) /* print milliseconds */
385 fprintf(fp, "%04lu ", (long unsigned)tv.tv_usec / 1000);
387 if (daemon_test_flag(DF_LOG_HOSTNAME)) {
389 me->hostname = para_hostname();
390 fprintf(fp, "%s ", me->hostname);
392 if (daemon_test_flag(DF_LOG_LL)) /* log loglevel */
393 fprintf(fp, "(%d) ", ll);
394 if (daemon_test_flag(DF_LOG_PID)) { /* log pid */
395 pid_t mypid = getpid();
396 fprintf(fp, "(%d) ", (int)mypid);
399 vfprintf(fp, fmt, argp);
402 fprintf(fp, "%s", COLOR_RESET);