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19 /** \file daemon.c some helpers for programs that detach from the console */
25 #include <sys/types.h>
31 * do the usual stuff to become a daemon
33 * Fork, become session leader, dup fd 0, 1, 2 to /dev/null.
35 * \sa fork(2), setsid(2), dup(2)
37 void daemon_init(void)
42 PARA_INFO_LOG("%s", "daemonizing\n");
43 if ((pid = fork()) < 0) {
44 PARA_EMERG_LOG("%s", "failed to init daemon\n");
47 exit(EXIT_SUCCESS); /* parent exits */
49 setsid(); /* become session leader */
53 null = open("/dev/null", O_RDONLY);
56 dup2(null, STDIN_FILENO);
57 dup2(null, STDOUT_FILENO);
58 dup2(null, STDERR_FILENO);
63 * fopen() a file in append mode
65 * \param logfile_name the name of the file to open
67 * Either calls exit() or returns a valid file handle.
69 FILE *open_log(const char *logfile_name)
75 if (!(logfile = fopen(logfile_name, "a"))) {
76 PARA_EMERG_LOG("can not open %s, uid: %d\n", logfile_name,
85 * close the log file of the daemon
87 * \param logfile the log file handle
89 * It's OK to call this with logfile == NULL
91 void close_log(FILE* logfile)
95 PARA_INFO_LOG("%s", "closing logfile\n");
100 * log the startup message containing the paraslash version
102 void log_welcome(const char *whoami, int loglevel)
104 PARA_INFO_LOG("welcome to %s " PACKAGE_VERSION " ("BUILD_DATE")\n",
106 PARA_DEBUG_LOG("using loglevel %d\n", loglevel);
110 * give up superuser privileges
112 * \param username the user to switch to
113 * \param groupname the group to switch to
115 * This function returns immediately if not invoked with EUID zero. Otherwise,
116 * it tries to obtain the GID of \a groupname and the UID of \a username. On
117 * success, effective and real GID/UID and the saved set-group-ID/set-user-ID
118 * are all set accordingly. On errors, an appropriate message is logged and
119 * exit() is called to terminate the process.
121 * \sa getpwnam(3), getuid(2), setuid(2), getgrnam(2), setgid(2)
123 void para_drop_privileges(const char *username, const char *groupname)
131 struct group *g = getgrnam(groupname);
133 PARA_EMERG_LOG("failed to get group %s\n", groupname);
136 if (setgid(g->gr_gid) < 0) {
137 PARA_EMERG_LOG("failed to set group id %d (%s)\n",
138 g->gr_gid, strerror(errno));
143 PARA_EMERG_LOG("%s", "root privileges, but no user option given\n");
146 tmp = para_strdup(username);
150 PARA_EMERG_LOG("%s", "no such user\n");
153 PARA_INFO_LOG("%s", "dropping root privileges\n");
155 PARA_DEBUG_LOG("uid: %d, euid: %d\n", getuid(), geteuid());
159 * set/get the server uptime
161 * \param set_or_get chose one of the two modes
163 * This should be called at startup time with \a set_or_get equal to \p
164 * UPTIME_SET which sets the uptime to zero. Subsequent calls with \a
165 * set_or_get equal to \p UPTIME_GET return the number of seconds ellapsed
166 * since the last reset.
168 * \sa time(2), difftime(3)
170 time_t server_uptime(enum uptime set_or_get)
172 static time_t startuptime;
176 if (set_or_get == UPTIME_SET) {
181 diff = difftime(now, startuptime);
182 return (time_t) diff;
186 * construct string containing uptime
188 * The format of the returned string is "days:hours:minutes"
192 __malloc char *uptime_str(void)
194 time_t t = server_uptime(UPTIME_GET);
195 return make_message("%li:%02li:%02li", t / 86400,
196 (t / 3600) % 24, (t / 60) % 60);