xref: /illumos-gate/usr/src/lib/libwrap/shell_cmd.c (revision 581cede61ac9c14d8d4ea452562a567189eead78)
1 /*
2  * Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
3  * Use is subject to license terms.
4  */
5 
6 #pragma ident	"%Z%%M%	%I%	%E% SMI"
7 
8  /*
9   * shell_cmd() takes a shell command after %<character> substitutions. The
10   * command is executed by a /bin/sh child process, with standard input,
11   * standard output and standard error connected to /dev/null.
12   *
13   * Diagnostics are reported through syslog(3).
14   *
15   * Author: Wietse Venema, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands.
16   */
17 
18 #ifndef lint
19 static char sccsid[] = "@(#) shell_cmd.c 1.5 94/12/28 17:42:44";
20 #endif
21 
22 /* System libraries. */
23 
24 #include <sys/types.h>
25 #include <sys/param.h>
26 #include <signal.h>
27 #include <stdio.h>
28 #include <stdlib.h>
29 #include <unistd.h>
30 #include <wait.h>
31 #include <fcntl.h>
32 #include <syslog.h>
33 #include <string.h>
34 
35 extern void exit();
36 
37 /* Local stuff. */
38 
39 #include "tcpd.h"
40 
41 /* Forward declarations. */
42 
43 static void do_child();
44 
45 /* shell_cmd - execute shell command */
46 
47 void    shell_cmd(command)
48 char   *command;
49 {
50     int     child_pid;
51     int     wait_pid;
52 
53     /*
54      * Most of the work is done within the child process, to minimize the
55      * risk of damage to the parent.
56      */
57 
58     switch (child_pid = fork()) {
59     case -1:					/* error */
60 	tcpd_warn("cannot fork: %m");
61 	break;
62     case 00:					/* child */
63 	do_child(command);
64 	/* NOTREACHED */
65     default:					/* parent */
66 	while ((wait_pid = wait((int *) 0)) != -1 && wait_pid != child_pid)
67 	     /* void */ ;
68     }
69 }
70 
71 /* do_child - exec command with { stdin, stdout, stderr } to /dev/null */
72 
73 static void do_child(command)
74 char   *command;
75 {
76     char   *error;
77     int     tmp_fd;
78 
79     /*
80      * Systems with POSIX sessions may send a SIGHUP to grandchildren if the
81      * child exits first. This is sick, sessions were invented for terminals.
82      */
83 
84     signal(SIGHUP, SIG_IGN);
85 
86     /* Set up new stdin, stdout, stderr, and exec the shell command. */
87 
88     for (tmp_fd = 0; tmp_fd < 3; tmp_fd++)
89 	(void) close(tmp_fd);
90     if (open("/dev/null", 2) != 0) {
91 	error = "open /dev/null: %m";
92     } else if (dup(0) != 1 || dup(0) != 2) {
93 	error = "dup: %m";
94     } else {
95 	(void) execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", command, (char *) 0);
96 	error = "execl /bin/sh: %m";
97     }
98 
99     /* Something went wrong. We MUST terminate the child process. */
100 
101     tcpd_warn(error);
102     _exit(0);
103 }
104