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@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ REQUIRE_PWENT	      If set, target users are reuired to have passwd-entries. The
 
 ALLOW_CHECKGID        If set, enabled the CHECK_GID feature, q.v. Defaults to 1.
 
+USE_SYSLOG            If set, log errors and (if enabled) debug messages to syslog.
+                      Defaults to 1.
 
 The following configuration parameters shouldn't normally be changed. In case you have a
 clash with some other ENV arguments to the target program, they can be changed, however.
@@ -99,6 +101,8 @@ ENV_CHECK_GID         The same as ENV_UID, but controls the name of the CHECK_GI
 ENV_NON_RESIDENT      The same as ENV_UID, but controls the name of the NON_RESIDENT
                       parameter. Defaults to "NON_RESIDENT=".
 
+ENV_DEBUG             Controls the name of environment variable used to enable debug
+                      output to syslog (depends on USE_SYSLOG)
 
 ---------------------
  COMPILE AND INSTALL
@@ -106,7 +110,7 @@ ENV_NON_RESIDENT      The same as ENV_UID, but controls the name of the NON_RESI
 
 There is no Makefile right now, but compile is as simple as:
 
-> gcc -O2 -o execwrap execwrap.c && strip execwrap
+> gcc -W -Wall -O2 -o execwrap execwrap.c && strip execwrap
 
 Or similar, depending on taste. You need something other than an ancient compiler to make
 it work, preferably C99. To install, make sure the file is owned by the super user and has
@@ -161,6 +165,7 @@ NON_RESIDENT          If set (to anything), the wrapper will drop privileges and
                       web-server) to terminate the target process, and thus prevents it
                       from effectively managing it.
 
+DEBUG                 If set to anything, debug output to syslog is enabled.
 
 -----------------------------------
  SECURITY CHECKS AND THEIR REASONS

execwrap.8

@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+.\"                                      Hey, EMACS: -*- nroff -*-
+.\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps
+.\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection
+.\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1)
+.TH EXECWRAP 8 "July  8, 2008"
+.\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
+.\"
+.\" Some roff macros, for reference:
+.\" .nh        disable hyphenation
+.\" .hy        enable hyphenation
+.\" .ad l      left justify
+.\" .ad b      justify to both left and right margins
+.\" .nf        disable filling
+.\" .fi        enable filling
+.\" .br        insert line break
+.\" .sp <n>    insert n+1 empty lines
+.\" for manpage-specific macros, see man(7)
+.SH NAME
+execwrap \- a super-user exec wrapper
+.SH ENVIRONMENT
+.IP UID
+The UID to switch to. Only numerical values are accepted currently.
+.IP GID
+The GID to switch to. Only numerical values are accepted currently.
+.IP TARGET
+The target program to start. For security, it must be absolute and
+must not contain any ~ characters or ".." sub-strings. Of course the
+compiled-in prefix must also be a prefix of it.
+.IP CHECK_GID
+If set (to anything, even the empty string), the security checks will
+be slightly relaxed to allow targets owned by the target GID but not
+necessarily by the target UID, as well as allowing the target to be
+group-writable if owned by the target GID. Useful for projects where
+several people collaborate so file ownership can vary.
+.IP NON_RESIDENT
+If set (to anything), the wrapper will drop privileges and become the
+target process directly, instead of the default behaviour where it
+forks off before becoming the target, allowing SIGTERM to propagate
+from the caller of the wrapper, to the target. It is not recommended
+to set this, as it will make it impossible for the caller (usually a
+web-server) to terminate the target process, and thus prevents it
+from effectively managing it.
+.IP DEBUG
+If set (to anything), execwrap will log some debug messages to
+syslog (USE_SYSLOG needs to be enabled at compile time, which is
+the default).
+.SH AUTHOR
+execwrap was written by Sune Foldager.
+.PP
+This manual page was written by Stefan B\"uhler <stbuehler@web.de>,
+for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

execwrap.c

@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 #define ENV_TARGET              "TARGET="
 #define ENV_CHECK_GID           "CHECK_GID="
 #define ENV_NON_RESIDENT        "NON_RESIDENT="
+#define ENV_DEBUG               "DEBUG"
 
 /* Return values for various errors. */
 
@@ -123,7 +124,28 @@ SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <pwd.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <grp.h>
 
+#if USE_SYSLOG
+
+# include <syslog.h>
+# include <errno.h>
+
+#else /* USE_SYSLOG */
+
+/* this should be after all includes */
+# undef SKIP
+# undef openlog
+# undef setlogmask
+# undef syslog
+
+# define SKIP do { } while (0)
+# define openlog(...) SKIP
+# define setlogmask(...) SKIP
+# define syslog(...) SKIP
+
+#endif /* USE_SYSLOG */
 
 /* The global child PID and previous SIGTERM handler. */
 int pid;
@@ -146,9 +168,15 @@ void sigTermHandler(int signal)
 /* Down to business. */
 int main(int argc, char* argv[], char* envp[])
 {
+  openlog("execwrap", LOG_PID, LOG_AUTHPRIV);
+  setlogmask(LOG_UPTO(LOG_NOTICE));
 
   /* Verify parent UID. Only the super user and PARENT_UID are allowed. */
-  if(getuid() != 0 && getuid() != PARENT_UID) return RC_CALLER_UID;
+  int myuid = getuid();
+  if(myuid != 0 && myuid != PARENT_UID) {
+    syslog(LOG_ERR, "exiting with RC_CALLER_UID, UID=%d", myuid);
+    return RC_CALLER_UID;
+  }
 
   /* Command line options. */
   if(argc > 1)
@@ -175,31 +203,43 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[], char* envp[])
     return RC_BAD_OPTION;
   }
 
+  /* we need this check before the loop over the environment,
+     as we cannot rely on it to be the first env var we find */
+  if (NULL != getenv(ENV_DEBUG)) {
+    setlogmask(LOG_UPTO(LOG_DEBUG));
+    syslog(LOG_DEBUG, "activated debug output");
+  }
+
   /* Grab stuff from environment, and set defaults. */
-  int uid = DEFAULT_UID;
+  uid_t uid = DEFAULT_UID;
-  int gid = DEFAULT_GID;
+  gid_t gid = DEFAULT_GID;
   char* target = 0;
-  char* args = 0;
   char check_gid = 0;
   char non_resident = 0;
   char** p = envp;
   char* s;
-  char* t;
+  while(NULL != (s = *p++))
-  while(s = *p++)
   {
-
     /* Target UID. */
     if(!strncmp(ENV_UID, s, ENV_UID_LEN))
     {
       uid = atoi(s + ENV_UID_LEN);
-      if(uid < TARGET_MIN_UID) return RC_TARGET_UID;
+      if(uid < TARGET_MIN_UID) {
+        syslog(LOG_ERR, "exiting with RC_TARGET_UID, UID=%d", uid);
+        return RC_TARGET_UID;
+      }
+      syslog(LOG_DEBUG, "target UID is %d", uid);
     }
 
     /* Target GID. */
     if(!strncmp(ENV_GID, s, ENV_GID_LEN))
     {
       gid = atoi(s + ENV_GID_LEN);
-      if(gid < TARGET_MIN_GID) return RC_TARGET_GID;
+      if(gid < TARGET_MIN_GID) {
+        syslog(LOG_ERR, "exiting with RC_TARGET_GID, GID=%d", gid);
+        return RC_TARGET_GID;
+      }
+      syslog(LOG_DEBUG, "target GID is %d", gid);
     }
 
     /* Target script. */
@@ -207,7 +247,11 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[], char* envp[])
     {
       target = s + ENV_TARGET_LEN;
       if((target[0] != '/') || strchr(target, '~') || strstr(target, "..") ||
-        strncmp(TARGET_PATH_PREFIX, target, TARGET_PATH_PREFIX_LEN)) return RC_TARGET;
+        strncmp(TARGET_PATH_PREFIX, target, TARGET_PATH_PREFIX_LEN)) {
+        syslog(LOG_ERR, "exiting with RC_TARGET, target=%s", target);
+        return RC_TARGET;
+      }
+      syslog(LOG_DEBUG, "TARGET is %s", target);
     }
 
     /* Check GID instead of UID. */
@@ -227,14 +271,24 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[], char* envp[])
   }
 
   /* See if we got all we need. */
-  if(!target) return RC_MISSING_CONFIG;
+  if(!target) {
+    syslog(LOG_ERR, "exiting with RC_MISSING_CONFIG, no TARGET");
+    return RC_MISSING_CONFIG;
+  }
 
   /* Fetch user information from passwd. */
   struct passwd *pwent = getpwuid(uid);
   #if REQUIRE_PWENT
-  if(!pwent) return RC_MISSING_PWENT;
+  if(!pwent) {
+    syslog(LOG_ERR, "exiting with RC_MISSING_PWENT, pwent required by config, but not found");
+    return RC_MISSING_PWENT;
+  }
   #endif
 
+  if (pwent) {
+    syslog(LOG_DEBUG, "pwent found, pw_name=%s", pwent->pw_name);
+  }
+
   /* Install the SIGTERM handler. */
   if(!non_resident)
   {
@@ -247,23 +301,41 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[], char* envp[])
   {
 
     /* We're in the child. Drop privileges and set the group list. */
-    if(pwent && initgroups(pwent->pw_name, gid)) return RC_SETGID;
+    if(pwent && initgroups(pwent->pw_name, gid)) {
-    if(setgid(gid)) return RC_SETGID;
+      syslog(LOG_ERR, "exiting with RC_SETGID, initgroup failed, errno=%d", errno);
-    if(setuid(uid)) return RC_SETUID;
+      return RC_SETGID;
+    }
+    if(setgid(gid)) {
+      syslog(LOG_ERR, "exiting with RC_SETGID, setgid failed, errno=%d", errno);
+      return RC_SETGID;
+    }
+    if(setuid(uid)) {
+      syslog(LOG_ERR, "exiting with RC_SETUID, setuid failed, errno=%d", errno);
+      return RC_SETUID;
+    }
 
     /* Stat the target script. */
     char uid_ok = 1;
     struct stat stat_buf;
-    if(stat(target, &stat_buf)) return RC_STAT;
+    if(stat(target, &stat_buf)) {
+      syslog(LOG_ERR, "exiting with RC_STAT, stat failed, errno=%d", errno);
+      return RC_STAT;
+    }
     int modes = stat_buf.st_mode;
 
     /* Never allow world-write. */
-    if(modes & S_IWOTH) return RC_WORLD_WRITE;
+    if(modes & S_IWOTH) {
+      syslog(LOG_ERR, "exiting with RC_WORLD_WRITE, modes=%d", modes);
+      return RC_WORLD_WRITE;
+    }
 
     /* Only allow user miss-match if check_gid is set. */
     if(uid != stat_buf.st_uid)
     {
-      if(!check_gid) return RC_WRONG_USER;
+      if(!check_gid) {
+        syslog(LOG_ERR, "exiting with RC_WRONG_USER");
+        return RC_WRONG_USER;
+      }
       uid_ok = 0;
     }
 
@@ -271,11 +343,18 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[], char* envp[])
        Also, don't allow if neither user or group match. */
     if(gid != stat_buf.st_gid)
     {
-      if(modes & S_IWGRP) return RC_GROUP_WRITE;
+      if(modes & S_IWGRP) {
-      if(!uid_ok) return RC_WRONG_GROUP;
+        syslog(LOG_ERR, "exiting with RC_GROUP_WRITE, modes=%d", modes);
+        return RC_GROUP_WRITE;
+      }
+      if(!uid_ok) {
+        syslog(LOG_ERR, "exiting with RC_WRONG_GROUP");
+        return RC_WRONG_GROUP;
+      }
     }
 
     /* All checks passed, let's become the target! */
+    syslog(LOG_NOTICE, "executing target=%s, UID=%d, GID=%d", target, uid, gid);
     execl(target, target, NULL);
     return RC_EXEC;
 

execwrap_config.h

@@ -32,3 +32,6 @@ See the README for documentation.
 
 /* Allow use of the CHECK_GID mode? */
 #define ALLOW_CHECKGID          1
+
+/* Use syslog to report errors */
+#define USE_SYSLOG              1