File: //usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/puppet/util/posix.rb
# Utility methods for interacting with POSIX objects; mostly user and group
module Puppet::Util::POSIX
# This is a list of environment variables that we will set when we want to override the POSIX locale
LOCALE_ENV_VARS = ['LANG', 'LC_ALL', 'LC_MESSAGES', 'LANGUAGE',
'LC_COLLATE', 'LC_CTYPE', 'LC_MONETARY', 'LC_NUMERIC', 'LC_TIME']
# This is a list of user-related environment variables that we will unset when we want to provide a pristine
# environment for "exec" runs
USER_ENV_VARS = ['HOME', 'USER', 'LOGNAME']
# Retrieve a field from a POSIX Etc object. The id can be either an integer
# or a name. This only works for users and groups. It's also broken on
# some platforms, unfortunately, which is why we fall back to the other
# method search_posix_field in the gid and uid methods if a sanity check
# fails
def get_posix_field(space, field, id)
raise Puppet::DevError, "Did not get id from caller" unless id
if id.is_a?(Integer)
if id > Puppet[:maximum_uid].to_i
Puppet.err "Tried to get #{field} field for silly id #{id}"
return nil
end
method = methodbyid(space)
else
method = methodbyname(space)
end
begin
return Etc.send(method, id).send(field)
rescue NoMethodError, ArgumentError
# ignore it; we couldn't find the object
return nil
end
end
# A degenerate method of retrieving name/id mappings. The job of this method is
# to retrieve all objects of a certain type, search for a specific entry
# and then return a given field from that entry.
def search_posix_field(type, field, id)
idmethod = idfield(type)
integer = false
if id.is_a?(Integer)
integer = true
if id > Puppet[:maximum_uid].to_i
Puppet.err "Tried to get #{field} field for silly id #{id}"
return nil
end
end
Etc.send(type) do |object|
if integer and object.send(idmethod) == id
return object.send(field)
elsif object.name == id
return object.send(field)
end
end
# Apparently the group/passwd methods need to get reset; if we skip
# this call, then new users aren't found.
case type
when :passwd; Etc.send(:endpwent)
when :group; Etc.send(:endgrent)
end
nil
end
# Determine what the field name is for users and groups.
def idfield(space)
case space.intern
when :gr, :group; return :gid
when :pw, :user, :passwd; return :uid
else
raise ArgumentError.new("Can only handle users and groups")
end
end
# Determine what the method is to get users and groups by id
def methodbyid(space)
case space.intern
when :gr, :group; return :getgrgid
when :pw, :user, :passwd; return :getpwuid
else
raise ArgumentError.new("Can only handle users and groups")
end
end
# Determine what the method is to get users and groups by name
def methodbyname(space)
case space.intern
when :gr, :group; return :getgrnam
when :pw, :user, :passwd; return :getpwnam
else
raise ArgumentError.new("Can only handle users and groups")
end
end
# Get the GID
def gid(group)
get_posix_value(:group, :gid, group)
end
# Get the UID
def uid(user)
get_posix_value(:passwd, :uid, user)
end
private
# Get the specified id_field of a given field (user or group),
# whether an ID name is provided
def get_posix_value(location, id_field, field)
begin
field = Integer(field)
rescue ArgumentError
# pass
end
if field.is_a?(Integer)
return nil unless name = get_posix_field(location, :name, field)
id = get_posix_field(location, id_field, name)
check_value = id
else
return nil unless id = get_posix_field(location, id_field, field)
name = get_posix_field(location, :name, id)
check_value = name
end
if check_value != field
return search_posix_field(location, id_field, field)
else
return id
end
end
end