switch to using new checkperms script.

4 files changed, 6 insertions, 49 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7db62e4..7ca73ef 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ install: all installman
 	install src/monkeysphere-host src/monkeysphere-authentication $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/sbin
 	install -m 0644 src/share/common $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/monkeysphere
 	install -m 0644 src/share/defaultenv $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/monkeysphere
+	install -m 0755 src/share/checkperms $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/monkeysphere
 	install -m 0755 src/share/keytrans $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/monkeysphere
 	ln -s ../share/monkeysphere/keytrans $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/pem2openpgp
 	ln -s ../share/monkeysphere/keytrans $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/bin/openpgp2ssh
diff --git a/packaging/debian/changelog b/packaging/debian/changelog
index 28b9637..eda81d8 100644
--- a/packaging/debian/changelog
+++ b/packaging/debian/changelog
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ monkeysphere (0.26~pre-1) unstable; urgency=low
       permission-checking (closes MS #649)
     - test scripts use STRICT_MODES to avoid failure when built under /tmp
       (Closes: #527765)
+    - do permissions checks with a perl script instead of non-portable
+      readlink GNUisms
 
- -- Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>  Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:18:20 -0400
+ -- Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>  Sat, 01 Aug 2009 13:21:43 -0400
 
 monkeysphere (0.25-1) unstable; urgency=low
 
diff --git a/src/share/common b/src/share/common
index cad2572..87a30be 100644
--- a/src/share/common
+++ b/src/share/common
@@ -411,15 +411,6 @@ test_gpg_expire() {
 check_key_file_permissions() {
     local uname
     local path
-    local stat
-    local access
-    local gAccess
-    local oAccess
-
-    # function to check that the given permission corresponds to writability
-    is_write() {
-	[ "$1" = "w" ]
-    }
 
     uname="$1"
     path="$2"
@@ -429,44 +420,7 @@ check_key_file_permissions() {
 	return 0
     fi
     log debug "checking path permission '$path'..."
-
-    # rewrite path if it points to a symlink
-    if [ -h "$path" ] ; then
-	path=$(readlink -f "$path")
-	log debug "checking path symlink '$path'..."
-    fi
-
-    # return 255 if cannot stat file
-    if ! stat=$(ls -ld "$path" 2>/dev/null) ; then
-        log error "could not stat path '$path'."
-	return 255
-    fi
-
-    owner=$(echo "$stat" | awk '{ print $3 }')
-    gAccess=$(echo "$stat" | cut -c6)
-    oAccess=$(echo "$stat" | cut -c9)
-
-    # return 1 if path has invalid owner
-    if [ "$owner" != "$uname" -a "$owner" != 'root' ] ; then
-	log error "improper ownership on path '$path':"
-	log error " $owner != ($uname|root)"
-	return 1
-    fi
-
-    # return 2 if path has group or other writability
-    if is_write "$gAccess" || is_write "$oAccess" ; then
-	log error "improper group or other writability on path '$path':"
-	log error " group: $gAccess, other: $oAccess"
-	return 2
-    fi
-
-    # return zero if all clear, or go to next path
-    if [ "$path" = '/' ] ; then
-	log debug "path ok."
-	return 0
-    else
-	check_key_file_permissions "$uname" $(dirname "$path")
-    fi
+    "${SYSSHAREDIR}/checkperms" "$uname" "$path"
 }
 
 # return a list of all users on the system
diff --git a/tests/basic b/tests/basic
index 159f9dc..6fe3237 100755
--- a/tests/basic
+++ b/tests/basic
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ export DISPLAY=monkeys
 
 ## we cannot do proper directory permissions checking if the current
 ## working directory has unsatisfactory permissions:
-if ( . "$MONKEYSPHERE_SYSSHAREDIR"/common && check_key_file_permissions $(whoami) "$TEMPDIR" ) ; then 
+if "$MONKEYSPHERE_SYSSHAREDIR"/checkperms $(whoami) "$TEMPDIR"; then 
     echo "Permissions on temporary directory '$TEMPDIR' are OK for permissions checks."
     TEMPDIR_PERMISSIONS_SAFE=yes
 else