lib/rexec/priviledges.rb in rexec-1.2.1 vs lib/rexec/priviledges.rb in rexec-1.2.3

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@@ -1,28 +1,47 @@ +# Copyright (c) 2011 Samuel G. D. Williams. <http://www.oriontransfer.co.nz> +# +# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy +# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal +# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights +# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell +# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is +# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: +# +# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in +# all copies or substantial portions of the Software. +# +# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR +# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, +# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE +# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER +# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, +# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN +# THE SOFTWARE. require 'etc' module RExec - - # Set the user of the current process. Supply either a user ID - # or a user name. - # - # Be aware that on Mac OS X / Ruby 1.8 there are bugs when the user id - # is negative (i.e. it doesn't work). For example "nobody" with uid -2 - # won't work. - def self.change_user(user) - if user.kind_of?(String) - user = Etc.getpwnam(user).uid - end - Process::Sys.setuid(user) - end - - - # Get the user of the current process. Returns the user name. - def self.current_user - uid = Process::Sys.getuid - - Etc.getpwuid(uid).name - end - + # Set the user of the current process. Supply either a user ID + # or a user name. + # + # Be aware that on Mac OS X / Ruby 1.8 there are bugs when the user id + # is negative (i.e. it doesn't work). For example "nobody" with uid -2 + # won't work. + def self.change_user(user) + if user.kind_of?(String) + user = Etc.getpwnam(user).uid + end + + Process::Sys.setuid(user) + end + + + # Get the user of the current process. Returns the user name. + def self.current_user + uid = Process::Sys.getuid + + Etc.getpwuid(uid).name + end + end \ No newline at end of file