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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"
"os/user"
"strconv"
"syscall"
)
func DropPrivs(config Config, errorLog *log.Logger) {
// Get our real and effective UIDs
uid := os.Getuid()
euid := os.Geteuid()
// If these are equal and non-zero, there's nothing to do
if uid == euid && uid != 0 {
return
}
// If our real UID is root, we need to lookup the nobody UID
if uid == 0 {
user, err := user.Lookup("nobody")
if err != nil {
errorLog.Println("Could not lookup UID for user " + "nobody" + ": " + err.Error())
log.Fatal(err)
}
uid, err = strconv.Atoi(user.Uid)
if err != nil {
errorLog.Println("Could not lookup UID fr user " + "nobody" + ": " + err.Error())
log.Fatal(err)
}
}
// Drop priveleges
err := syscall.Setuid(uid)
if err != nil {
errorLog.Println("Could not setuid to " + strconv.Itoa(uid) + ": " + err.Error())
log.Fatal(err)
}
}