/* ** This program checks to see if your version of setuid works. ** Compile it, make it setuid root, and run it as yourself (NOT as ** root). ** ** NOTE: This should work everywhere, but Linux has the ability ** to use the undocumented setcap() call to make this break. ** ** Compilation is trivial -- just "cc t_setuid.c". Make it setuid, ** root and then execute it as a non-root user. */ #include #include #include #ifndef lint static char id[] = "@(#)$Id: t_setuid.c,v 8.2.2.1 2000/05/31 00:29:47 gshapiro Exp $"; #endif /* ! lint */ static void printuids(str, r, e) char *str; int r, e; { printf("%s (should be %d/%d): r/euid=%d/%d\n", str, r, e, getuid(), geteuid()); } int main(argc, argv) int argc; char **argv; { int fail = 0; uid_t realuid = getuid(); printuids("initial uids", realuid, 0); if (geteuid() != 0) { printf("SETUP ERROR: re-run setuid root\n"); exit(1); } if (getuid() == 0) { printf("SETUP ERROR: must be run by a non-root user\n"); exit(1); } if (setuid(1) < 0) printf("setuid(1) failure\n"); printuids("after setuid(1)", 1, 1); if (geteuid() != 1) { fail++; printf("MAYDAY! Wrong effective uid\n"); } if (getuid() != 1) { fail++; printf("MAYDAY! Wrong real uid\n"); } /* do activity here */ if (setuid(0) == 0) { fail++; printf("MAYDAY! setuid(0) succeeded (should have failed)\n"); } else { printf("setuid(0) failed (this is correct)\n"); } printuids("after setuid(0)", 1, 1); if (geteuid() != 1) { fail++; printf("MAYDAY! Wrong effective uid\n"); } if (getuid() != 1) { fail++; printf("MAYDAY! Wrong real uid\n"); } printf("\n"); if (fail) { printf("\nThis system cannot use setuid (maybe use setreuid)\n"); exit(1); } printf("\nIt is safe to use setuid on this system\n"); exit(0); }