xref: /freebsd/lib/libutil/pw_util.3 (revision 783d3ff6d7fae619db8a7990b8a6387de0c677b5)
1.\" Copyright (c) 2012 Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>
2.\" All rights reserved.
3.\"
4.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
5.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
6.\" are met:
7.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
8.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
9.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
10.\"    notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
11.\"    documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
12.\"
13.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHORS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
14.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
15.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
16.\" ARE DISCLAIMED.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
17.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
18.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
19.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
20.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
21.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
22.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
23.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
24.\"
25.Dd May 10, 2020
26.Dt PW_UTIL 3
27.Os
28.Sh NAME
29.Nm pw_copy ,
30.Nm pw_dup ,
31.Nm pw_edit ,
32.Nm pw_equal ,
33.Nm pw_fini ,
34.Nm pw_init ,
35.Nm pw_make ,
36.Nm pw_make_v7 ,
37.Nm pw_mkdb ,
38.Nm pw_lock ,
39.Nm pw_scan ,
40.Nm pw_tempname ,
41.Nm pw_tmp
42.Nd "functions for passwd file handling"
43.Sh LIBRARY
44.Lb libutil
45.Sh SYNOPSIS
46.In pwd.h
47.In libutil.h
48.Ft int
49.Fn pw_copy "int ffd" "int tfd" "const struct passwd *pw" "struct passwd *oldpw"
50.Ft "struct passwd *"
51.Fn pw_dup "const struct passwd *pw"
52.Ft int
53.Fn pw_edit "int nosetuid"
54.Ft int
55.Fn pw_equal "const struct passwd *pw1" "const struct passwd *pw2"
56.Ft void
57.Fn pw_fini "void"
58.Ft int
59.Fn pw_init "const char *dir" "const char *master"
60.Ft void
61.Fn pw_initpwd "struct passwd *pw"
62.Ft "char *"
63.Fn pw_make "const struct passwd *pw"
64.Ft "char *"
65.Fn pw_make_v7 "const struct passwd *pw"
66.Ft int
67.Fn pw_mkdb "const char *user"
68.Ft int
69.Fn pw_lock "void"
70.Ft "struct passwd *"
71.Fn pw_scan "const char *line" "int flags"
72.Ft "const char *"
73.Fn pw_tempname "void"
74.Ft int
75.Fn pw_tmp "int mfd"
76.Sh DESCRIPTION
77The
78.Fn pw_copy
79function reads a password file from
80.Vt ffd
81and writes it back out to
82.Vt tfd
83possibly with modifications:
84.Bl -dash
85.It
86If
87.Fa pw
88is
89.Dv NULL
90and
91.Fa oldpw
92is not
93.Dv NULL ,
94then the record represented by
95.Fa oldpw
96will not be copied (corresponding to user deletion).
97.It
98If
99.Fa pw
100and
101.Fa oldpw
102are not
103.Dv NULL
104then the record corresponding to
105.Fa pw
106will be replaced by the record corresponding to
107.Fa oldpw .
108.It
109If
110.Vt pw
111is set and
112.Vt oldpw
113is
114.Dv NULL
115then the record corresponding to
116.Vt pw
117will be appended (corresponding to user addition).
118.El
119.Pp
120The
121.Fn pw_copy
122function returns -1 in case of failure otherwise 0.
123.Pp
124The
125.Fn pw_dup
126function duplicates the
127.Vt struct passwd
128pointed to by
129.Fa pw
130and returns a pointer to the copy, or
131.Dv NULL
132in case of failure.
133The new
134.Vt struct passwd
135is allocated with
136.Xr malloc 3 ,
137and it is the caller's responsibility to free it with
138.Xr free 3 .
139.Pp
140The
141.Fn pw_edit
142function invokes the command specified by the
143.Ev EDITOR
144environment variable (or
145.Pa /usr/bin/vi
146if
147.Ev EDITOR
148is not defined)
149on a temporary copy of the master password file created by
150.Fn pw_tmp .
151If the file was modified,
152.Fn pw_edit
153installs it and regenerates the password database.
154The
155.Fn pw_edit
156function returns -1 in case of failure, 0 if the file was not modified,
157and a non-zero positive number if the file was modified and successfully
158installed.
159.Pp
160The
161.Fn pw_equal
162function compares two
163.Vt struct passwd
164and returns 0 if they are equal.
165.Pp
166The
167.Fn pw_fini
168function destroy the temporary file created by
169.Fn pw_tmp
170if any,
171kills any running instance of
172.Ev EDITOR
173executed by
174.Fn pw_edit
175if any,
176and closes the lock created by
177.Fn pw_lock
178if any.
179.Pp
180The
181.Fn pw_init
182initializes the static variable representing the path to a password file.
183.Fa dir
184is the directory where the password file is located.
185If set to
186.Dv NULL ,
187it will default to
188.Pa /etc .
189.Fa master
190is the name of the password file.
191If set to
192.Dv NULL ?
193it will default to
194.Pa master.passwd
195.Pp
196The
197.Fn pw_initpwd
198function initializes the
199.Vt passwd
200struct to canonical values.
201The entire structure is zeroed, then
202.Va pw_uid
203and
204.Va pw_gid
205are set to -1, and all string pointers are set to point at
206an internally-defined zero-length string.
207.Pp
208The
209.Fn pw_make
210function creates a properly formatted
211.Bx
212.Xr passwd 5
213line from a
214.Vt struct passwd ,
215and returns a pointer to the resulting string.
216The string is allocated with
217.Xr malloc 3 ,
218and it is the caller's responsibility to free it with
219.Xr free 3 .
220.Pp
221The
222.Fn pw_make_v7
223function creates a properly formatted
224.Ux V7
225.Xr passwd 5
226line from a
227.Vt struct passwd ,
228and returns a pointer to the resulting string.
229The string is allocated with
230.Xr malloc 3 ,
231and it is the caller's responsibility to free it with
232.Xr free 3 .
233.Pp
234The
235.Fn pw_mkdb
236function regenerates the password database by running
237.Xr pwd_mkdb 8 .
238If
239.Fa user
240only the record corresponding to that user will be updated.
241The
242.Fn pw_mkdb
243function returns 0 in case of success and -1 in case of failure.
244.Pp
245The
246.Fn pw_lock
247function locks the master password file.
248It returns a file descriptor to the master password file on success
249and -1 on failure.
250.Pp
251The
252.Fn pw_scan
253function is a wrapper around the internal libc function
254.Fn __pw_scan .
255It scans the master password file for a line corresponding to the
256.Fa line
257provided and return a
258.Vt struct passwd
259if it matched an existing record.
260In case of failure, it returns
261.Dv NULL .
262Otherwise, it returns a pointer to a
263.Vt struct passwd
264containing the matching record.
265The
266.Vt struct passwd
267is allocated with
268.Xr malloc 3 ,
269and it is the caller's responsibility to free it with
270.Xr free 3 .
271.Pp
272The
273.Fn pw_tempname
274function returns the temporary name of the masterfile created via
275.Fn pw_tmp .
276.Pp
277The
278.Fn pw_tmp
279creates and opens a presumably safe temporary password file.
280If
281.Fa mfd
282is a file descriptor to an open password file, it will be read and
283written back to the temporary password file.
284Otherwise if should be set -1.
285The
286.Fn pw_tmp
287returns an open file descriptor to the temporary password file or -1 in case of
288failure.
289.Sh HISTORY
290The functions for passwd file handling first appeared in
291.Bx 4.4 .
292.Sh AUTHORS
293Portions of this software were developed for the
294.Fx
295Project by ThinkSec AS and Network Associates Laboratories, the
296Security Research Division of Network Associates, Inc.\& under
297DARPA/SPAWAR contract N66001-01-C-8035
298.Pq Dq CBOSS ,
299as part of the DARPA CHATS research program.
300.Pp
301This manual page was written by
302.An Baptiste Daroussin Aq Mt bapt@FreeBSD.org .
303