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molly-brown/security_dropprivs.go

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// +build linux,go1.16 aix darwin dragonfly freebsd illumos netbsd openbsd solaris
package main
import (
"log"
"os"
"strconv"
"syscall"
)
func DropPrivs(config Config, nobody_uid int, errorLog *log.Logger) {
// Get our real and effective UIDs
uid := os.Getuid()
euid := os.Geteuid()
// Are we root or are we running as a setuid binary?
if uid == 0 || uid != euid {
err := syscall.Setuid(nobody_uid)
if err != nil {
errorLog.Println("Could not setuid to " + strconv.Itoa(uid) + ": " + err.Error())
log.Fatal(err)
}
}
}