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/*
vipw, vigr edit the password or group file
with -s will edit shadow or gshadow file
Copyright (c) 1997 , Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>
Copyright (c) 1999 - 2000, Marek Michałkiewicz
Copyright (c) 2002 - 2006, Tomasz Kłoczko
Copyright (c) 2007 - 2013, Nicolas François
All rights reserved.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */
#include <config.h>
#ident "$Id$"
#include <errno.h>
#include <getopt.h>
#ifdef WITH_SELINUX
#include <selinux/selinux.h>
#endif /* WITH_SELINUX */
#include <signal.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <utime.h>
#include "defines.h"
#include "groupio.h"
#include "nscd.h"
Flush sssd caches in addition to nscd caches Some distributions, notably Fedora, have the following order of nsswitch modules by default: passwd: sss files group: sss files The advantage of serving local users through SSSD is that the nss_sss module has a fast mmapped-cache that speeds up NSS lookups compared to accessing the disk an opening the files on each NSS request. Traditionally, this has been done with the help of nscd, but using nscd in parallel with sssd is cumbersome, as both SSSD and nscd use their own independent caching, so using nscd in setups where sssd is also serving users from some remote domain (LDAP, AD, ...) can result in a bit of unpredictability. More details about why Fedora chose to use sss before files can be found on e.g.: https://fedoraproject.org//wiki/Changes/SSSDCacheForLocalUsers or: https://docs.pagure.org/SSSD.sssd/design_pages/files_provider.html Now, even though sssd watches the passwd and group files with the help of inotify, there can still be a small window where someone requests a user or a group, finds that it doesn't exist, adds the entry and checks again. Without some support in shadow-utils that would explicitly drop the sssd caches, the inotify watch can fire a little late, so a combination of commands like this: getent passwd user || useradd user; getent passwd user can result in the second getent passwd not finding the newly added user as the racy behaviour might still return the cached negative hit from the first getent passwd. This patch more or less copies the already existing support that shadow-utils had for dropping nscd caches, except using the "sss_cache" tool that sssd ships.
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#include "sssd.h"
#include "prototypes.h"
#include "pwio.h"
#include "sgroupio.h"
#include "shadowio.h"
/*@-exitarg@*/
#include "exitcodes.h"
#ifdef WITH_TCB
#include <tcb.h>
#include "tcbfuncs.h"
#endif /* WITH_TCB */
#define MSG_WARN_EDIT_OTHER_FILE _( \
"You have modified %s.\n"\
"You may need to modify %s for consistency.\n"\
"Please use the command '%s' to do so.\n")
/*
* Global variables
*/
const char *Prog;
FILE *shadow_logfd = NULL;
static const char *filename, *fileeditname;
static bool filelocked = false;
static bool createedit = false;
static int (*unlock) (void);
static bool quiet = false;
#ifdef WITH_TCB
static const char *user = NULL;
static bool tcb_mode = false;
#define SHADOWTCB_SCRATCHDIR ":tmp"
#endif /* WITH_TCB */
/* local function prototypes */
static void usage (int status);
static int create_backup_file (FILE *, const char *, struct stat *);
static void vipwexit (const char *msg, int syserr, int ret);
static void vipwedit (const char *, int (*)(void), int (*)(void));
/*
* usage - display usage message and exit
*/
static void usage (int status)
{
FILE *usageout = (E_SUCCESS != status) ? stderr : stdout;
(void) fprintf (stderr,
_("Usage: %s [options]\n"
"\n"
"Options:\n"),
Prog);
(void) fputs (_(" -g, --group edit group database\n"), usageout);
(void) fputs (_(" -h, --help display this help message and exit\n"), usageout);
(void) fputs (_(" -p, --passwd edit passwd database\n"), usageout);
(void) fputs (_(" -q, --quiet quiet mode\n"), usageout);
(void) fputs (_(" -R, --root CHROOT_DIR directory to chroot into\n"), usageout);
(void) fputs (_(" -s, --shadow edit shadow or gshadow database\n"), usageout);
#ifdef WITH_TCB
(void) fputs (_(" -u, --user which user's tcb shadow file to edit\n"), usageout);
#endif /* WITH_TCB */
(void) fputs (_("\n"), usageout);
exit (status);
}
/*
*
*/
static int create_backup_file (FILE * fp, const char *backup, struct stat *sb)
{
struct utimbuf ub;
FILE *bkfp;
int c;
mode_t mask;
mask = umask (077);
bkfp = fopen (backup, "w");
(void) umask (mask);
if (NULL == bkfp) {
return -1;
}
c = 0;
if (fseeko (fp, 0, SEEK_SET) == 0)
while ((c = getc (fp)) != EOF) {
if (putc (c, bkfp) == EOF) {
break;
}
}
if ((EOF != c) || (ferror (fp) != 0) || (fflush (bkfp) != 0)) {
fclose (bkfp);
unlink (backup);
return -1;
}
if (fsync (fileno (bkfp)) != 0) {
(void) fclose (bkfp);
unlink (backup);
return -1;
}
if (fclose (bkfp) != 0) {
unlink (backup);
return -1;
}
ub.actime = sb->st_atime;
ub.modtime = sb->st_mtime;
if ( (utime (backup, &ub) != 0)
|| (chmod (backup, sb->st_mode) != 0)
|| (chown (backup, sb->st_uid, sb->st_gid) != 0)) {
unlink (backup);
return -1;
}
return 0;
}
/*
*
*/
static void vipwexit (const char *msg, int syserr, int ret)
{
int err = errno;
if (createedit) {
if (unlink (fileeditname) != 0) {
fprintf (stderr, _("%s: failed to remove %s\n"), Prog, fileeditname);
/* continue */
}
}
if (filelocked) {
if ((*unlock) () == 0) {
fprintf (stderr, _("%s: failed to unlock %s\n"), Prog, fileeditname);
SYSLOG ((LOG_ERR, "failed to unlock %s", fileeditname));
/* continue */
}
}
if (NULL != msg) {
fprintf (stderr, "%s: %s", Prog, msg);
}
if (0 != syserr) {
fprintf (stderr, ": %s", strerror (err));
}
if ( (NULL != msg)
|| (0 != syserr)) {
(void) fputs ("\n", stderr);
}
if (!quiet) {
fprintf (stdout, _("%s: %s is unchanged\n"), Prog,
filename);
}
exit (ret);
}
#ifndef DEFAULT_EDITOR
#define DEFAULT_EDITOR "vi"
#endif
/*
*
*/
static void
vipwedit (const char *file, int (*file_lock) (void), int (*file_unlock) (void))
{
const char *editor;
pid_t pid;
struct stat st1, st2;
int status;
FILE *f;
pid_t orig_pgrp, editor_pgrp = -1;
sigset_t mask, omask;
/* FIXME: the following should have variable sizes */
char filebackup[1024], fileedit[1024];
char *to_rename;
snprintf (filebackup, sizeof filebackup, "%s-", file);
#ifdef WITH_TCB
if (tcb_mode) {
if ( (mkdir (TCB_DIR "/" SHADOWTCB_SCRATCHDIR, 0700) != 0)
&& (errno != EEXIST)) {
vipwexit (_("failed to create scratch directory"), errno, 1);
}
if (shadowtcb_drop_priv () == SHADOWTCB_FAILURE) {
vipwexit (_("failed to drop privileges"), errno, 1);
}
snprintf (fileedit, sizeof fileedit,
TCB_DIR "/" SHADOWTCB_SCRATCHDIR "/.vipw.shadow.%s",
user);
} else {
#endif /* WITH_TCB */
snprintf (fileedit, sizeof fileedit, "%s.edit", file);
#ifdef WITH_TCB
}
#endif /* WITH_TCB */
unlock = file_unlock;
filename = file;
fileeditname = fileedit;
if (access (file, F_OK) != 0) {
vipwexit (file, 1, 1);
}
#ifdef WITH_SELINUX
/* if SE Linux is enabled then set the context of all new files
to be the context of the file we are editing */
* libmisc/limits.c: Avoid implicit conversion of integer to boolean. * libmisc/basename.c: Avoid implicit conversion of pointer to boolean. * libmisc/basename.c, lib/prototypes.h (Basename): Return a constant string. * libmisc/basename.c, libmisc/obscure.c, lib/prototypes.h, libmisc/xmalloc.c, libmisc/getdate.h, libmisc/system.c, libmisc/getgr_nam_gid.c, libmisc/failure.c, libmisc/valid.c: Add splint annotations. * libmisc/chowndir.c: Avoid memory leak. * libmisc/chowndir.c: Do not check *printf/*puts return value. * libmisc/chowntty.c: Avoid implicit conversion between integer types. * libmisc/obscure.c: Return a bool when possible instead of int. * libmisc/shell.c: Do not check *printf/*puts return value. * libmisc/shell.c: Do not check execle return value. * libmisc/setupenv.c: Avoid implicit conversion between integer types. * libmisc/xmalloc.c: size should not be zero to avoid returning NULL pointers. * libmisc/hushed.c: Do not check *printf/*puts return value. * libmisc/system.c: Avoid implicit conversion of integer to boolean. safe_system last argument is a boolean. * libmisc/system.c: Check return value of dup2. * libmisc/system.c: Do not check *printf/*puts return value. * libmisc/system.c: Do not check execve return value. * libmisc/salt.c: Do not check *printf/*puts return value. * libmisc/loginprompt.c: Do not check gethostname return value. * libmisc/find_new_gid.c, libmisc/find_new_uid.c: Do not check gr_rewind/pw_rewind return value. * libmisc/ttytype.c: Limit the number of parsed characters in the sscanf format. * libmisc/ttytype.c: Test if a type was really read. * libmisc/sub.c: Do not check *printf/*puts return value. * libmisc/sub.c: Avoid implicit conversion of integer to boolean. * src/userdel.c: Fix typo in comment. * src/userdel.c: Avoid implicit conversion of boolean to integer. * src/userdel.c: safe_system last argument is a boolean. * src/newusers.c: Avoid implicit conversion of boolean to integer. * src/newusers.c: Avoid implicit conversion of integer to boolean. * src/usermod.c: Add brackets. * src/usermod.c: Avoid implicit conversion of characters or integers to booleans. * src/vipw.c: Avoid implicit conversion of integer to boolean. * src/su.c: Avoid implicit conversion of integer to boolean. * src/su.c: Add brackets. * src/useradd.c: Avoid implicit conversion of characters or integers to booleans.
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if (is_selinux_enabled () != 0) {
char *passwd_context_raw = NULL;
int ret = 0;
if (getfilecon_raw (file, &passwd_context_raw) < 0) {
vipwexit (_("Couldn't get file context"), errno, 1);
}
ret = setfscreatecon_raw (passwd_context_raw);
freecon (passwd_context_raw);
if (0 != ret) {
vipwexit (_("setfscreatecon () failed"), errno, 1);
}
}
#endif /* WITH_SELINUX */
#ifdef WITH_TCB
if (tcb_mode && (shadowtcb_gain_priv () == SHADOWTCB_FAILURE)) {
vipwexit (_("failed to gain privileges"), errno, 1);
}
#endif /* WITH_TCB */
if (file_lock () == 0) {
vipwexit (_("Couldn't lock file"), errno, 5);
}
filelocked = true;
#ifdef WITH_TCB
if (tcb_mode && (shadowtcb_drop_priv () == SHADOWTCB_FAILURE)) {
vipwexit (_("failed to drop privileges"), errno, 1);
}
#endif /* WITH_TCB */
/* edited copy has same owners, perm */
if (stat (file, &st1) != 0) {
vipwexit (file, 1, 1);
}
f = fopen (file, "r");
if (NULL == f) {
vipwexit (file, 1, 1);
}
#ifdef WITH_TCB
if (tcb_mode && (shadowtcb_gain_priv () == SHADOWTCB_FAILURE))
vipwexit (_("failed to gain privileges"), errno, 1);
#endif /* WITH_TCB */
if (create_backup_file (f, fileedit, &st1) != 0) {
vipwexit (_("Couldn't make backup"), errno, 1);
}
(void) fclose (f);
createedit = true;
editor = getenv ("VISUAL");
if (NULL == editor) {
editor = getenv ("EDITOR");
}
if (NULL == editor) {
editor = DEFAULT_EDITOR;
}
orig_pgrp = tcgetpgrp(STDIN_FILENO);
pid = fork ();
if (-1 == pid) {
vipwexit ("fork", 1, 1);
} else if (0 == pid) {
/* use the system() call to invoke the editor so that it accepts
command line args in the EDITOR and VISUAL environment vars */
char *buf;
int status;
/* Wait for parent to make us the foreground pgrp. */
if (orig_pgrp != -1) {
pid = getpid();
setpgid(0, 0);
while (tcgetpgrp(STDIN_FILENO) != pid)
continue;
}
buf = (char *) malloc (strlen (editor) + strlen (fileedit) + 2);
snprintf (buf, strlen (editor) + strlen (fileedit) + 2,
"%s %s", editor, fileedit);
status = system (buf);
if (-1 == status) {
fprintf (stderr, _("%s: %s: %s\n"), Prog, editor,
strerror (errno));
exit (1);
} else if ( WIFEXITED (status)
&& (WEXITSTATUS (status) != 0)) {
fprintf (stderr, _("%s: %s returned with status %d\n"),
Prog, editor, WEXITSTATUS (status));
exit (WEXITSTATUS (status));
} else if (WIFSIGNALED (status)) {
fprintf (stderr, _("%s: %s killed by signal %d\n"),
Prog, editor, WTERMSIG (status));
exit (1);
} else {
exit (0);
}
}
/* Run child in a new pgrp and make it the foreground pgrp. */
if (orig_pgrp != -1) {
setpgid(pid, pid);
tcsetpgrp(STDIN_FILENO, pid);
/* Avoid SIGTTOU when changing foreground pgrp below. */
sigemptyset(&mask);
sigaddset(&mask, SIGTTOU);
sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &mask, &omask);
}
for (;;) {
pid = waitpid (pid, &status, WUNTRACED);
if ((pid != -1) && (WIFSTOPPED (status) != 0)) {
/* The child (editor) was suspended.
* Restore terminal pgrp and suspend vipw. */
if (orig_pgrp != -1) {
editor_pgrp = tcgetpgrp(STDIN_FILENO);
if (editor_pgrp == -1) {
fprintf (stderr, "%s: %s: %s", Prog,
"tcgetpgrp", strerror (errno));
}
if (tcsetpgrp(STDIN_FILENO, orig_pgrp) == -1) {
fprintf (stderr, "%s: %s: %s", Prog,
"tcsetpgrp", strerror (errno));
}
}
kill (getpid (), SIGSTOP);
/* wake child when resumed */
if (editor_pgrp != -1) {
if (tcsetpgrp(STDIN_FILENO, editor_pgrp) == -1) {
fprintf (stderr, "%s: %s: %s", Prog,
"tcsetpgrp", strerror (errno));
}
}
killpg (pid, SIGCONT);
} else {
break;
}
}
if (orig_pgrp != -1)
sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &omask, NULL);
if (-1 == pid) {
vipwexit (editor, 1, 1);
} else if ( WIFEXITED (status)
&& (WEXITSTATUS (status) != 0)) {
vipwexit (NULL, 0, WEXITSTATUS (status));
} else if (WIFSIGNALED (status)) {
fprintf (stderr, _("%s: %s killed by signal %d\n"),
Prog, editor, WTERMSIG(status));
vipwexit (NULL, 0, 1);
}
if (stat (fileedit, &st2) != 0) {
vipwexit (fileedit, 1, 1);
}
if (st1.st_mtime == st2.st_mtime) {
vipwexit (0, 0, 0);
}
#ifdef WITH_SELINUX
/* unset the fscreatecon */
* libmisc/limits.c: Avoid implicit conversion of integer to boolean. * libmisc/basename.c: Avoid implicit conversion of pointer to boolean. * libmisc/basename.c, lib/prototypes.h (Basename): Return a constant string. * libmisc/basename.c, libmisc/obscure.c, lib/prototypes.h, libmisc/xmalloc.c, libmisc/getdate.h, libmisc/system.c, libmisc/getgr_nam_gid.c, libmisc/failure.c, libmisc/valid.c: Add splint annotations. * libmisc/chowndir.c: Avoid memory leak. * libmisc/chowndir.c: Do not check *printf/*puts return value. * libmisc/chowntty.c: Avoid implicit conversion between integer types. * libmisc/obscure.c: Return a bool when possible instead of int. * libmisc/shell.c: Do not check *printf/*puts return value. * libmisc/shell.c: Do not check execle return value. * libmisc/setupenv.c: Avoid implicit conversion between integer types. * libmisc/xmalloc.c: size should not be zero to avoid returning NULL pointers. * libmisc/hushed.c: Do not check *printf/*puts return value. * libmisc/system.c: Avoid implicit conversion of integer to boolean. safe_system last argument is a boolean. * libmisc/system.c: Check return value of dup2. * libmisc/system.c: Do not check *printf/*puts return value. * libmisc/system.c: Do not check execve return value. * libmisc/salt.c: Do not check *printf/*puts return value. * libmisc/loginprompt.c: Do not check gethostname return value. * libmisc/find_new_gid.c, libmisc/find_new_uid.c: Do not check gr_rewind/pw_rewind return value. * libmisc/ttytype.c: Limit the number of parsed characters in the sscanf format. * libmisc/ttytype.c: Test if a type was really read. * libmisc/sub.c: Do not check *printf/*puts return value. * libmisc/sub.c: Avoid implicit conversion of integer to boolean. * src/userdel.c: Fix typo in comment. * src/userdel.c: Avoid implicit conversion of boolean to integer. * src/userdel.c: safe_system last argument is a boolean. * src/newusers.c: Avoid implicit conversion of boolean to integer. * src/newusers.c: Avoid implicit conversion of integer to boolean. * src/usermod.c: Add brackets. * src/usermod.c: Avoid implicit conversion of characters or integers to booleans. * src/vipw.c: Avoid implicit conversion of integer to boolean. * src/su.c: Avoid implicit conversion of integer to boolean. * src/su.c: Add brackets. * src/useradd.c: Avoid implicit conversion of characters or integers to booleans.
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if (is_selinux_enabled () != 0) {
if (setfscreatecon_raw (NULL) != 0) {
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vipwexit (_("setfscreatecon () failed"), errno, 1);
}
}
#endif /* WITH_SELINUX */
/*
* XXX - here we should check fileedit for errors; if there are any,
* ask the user what to do (edit again, save changes anyway, or quit
* without saving). Use pwck or grpck to do the check. --marekm
*/
createedit = false;
#ifdef WITH_TCB
if (tcb_mode) {
f = fopen (fileedit, "r");
if (NULL == f) {
vipwexit (_("failed to open scratch file"), errno, 1);
}
if (unlink (fileedit) != 0) {
vipwexit (_("failed to unlink scratch file"), errno, 1);
}
if (shadowtcb_drop_priv () == SHADOWTCB_FAILURE) {
vipwexit (_("failed to drop privileges"), errno, 1);
}
if (stat (file, &st1) != 0) {
vipwexit (_("failed to stat edited file"), errno, 1);
}
to_rename = malloc (strlen (file) + 2);
if (NULL == to_rename) {
vipwexit (_("failed to allocate memory"), errno, 1);
}
snprintf (to_rename, strlen (file) + 2, "%s+", file);
if (create_backup_file (f, to_rename, &st1) != 0) {
free (to_rename);
vipwexit (_("failed to create backup file"), errno, 1);
}
(void) fclose (f);
} else {
#endif /* WITH_TCB */
to_rename = fileedit;
#ifdef WITH_TCB
}
#endif /* WITH_TCB */
unlink (filebackup);
link (file, filebackup);
if (rename (to_rename, file) == -1) {
fprintf (stderr,
_("%s: can't restore %s: %s (your changes are in %s)\n"),
Prog, file, strerror (errno), to_rename);
#ifdef WITH_TCB
if (tcb_mode) {
free (to_rename);
}
#endif /* WITH_TCB */
vipwexit (0, 0, 1);
}
#ifdef WITH_TCB
if (tcb_mode) {
free (to_rename);
if (shadowtcb_gain_priv () == SHADOWTCB_FAILURE) {
vipwexit (_("failed to gain privileges"), errno, 1);
}
}
#endif /* WITH_TCB */
if ((*file_unlock) () == 0) {
fprintf (stderr, _("%s: failed to unlock %s\n"), Prog, fileeditname);
SYSLOG ((LOG_ERR, "failed to unlock %s", fileeditname));
/* continue */
}
SYSLOG ((LOG_INFO, "file %s edited", fileeditname));
}
int main (int argc, char **argv)
{
bool editshadow = false;
bool do_vipw;
Prog = Basename (argv[0]);
shadow_logfd = stderr;
(void) setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
(void) bindtextdomain (PACKAGE, LOCALEDIR);
(void) textdomain (PACKAGE);
process_root_flag ("-R", argc, argv);
do_vipw = (strcmp (Prog, "vigr") != 0);
OPENLOG (do_vipw ? "vipw" : "vigr");
{
/*
* Parse the command line options.
*/
int c;
static struct option long_options[] = {
{"group", no_argument, NULL, 'g'},
{"help", no_argument, NULL, 'h'},
{"passwd", no_argument, NULL, 'p'},
{"quiet", no_argument, NULL, 'q'},
{"root", required_argument, NULL, 'R'},
{"shadow", no_argument, NULL, 's'},
#ifdef WITH_TCB
{"user", required_argument, NULL, 'u'},
#endif /* WITH_TCB */
{NULL, 0, NULL, '\0'}
};
while ((c = getopt_long (argc, argv,
#ifdef WITH_TCB
"ghpqR:su:",
#else /* !WITH_TCB */
"ghpqR:s",
#endif /* !WITH_TCB */
long_options, NULL)) != -1) {
switch (c) {
case 'g':
do_vipw = false;
break;
case 'h':
usage (E_SUCCESS);
break;
case 'p':
do_vipw = true;
break;
case 'q':
quiet = true;
break;
case 'R': /* no-op, handled in process_root_flag () */
break;
case 's':
editshadow = true;
break;
#ifdef WITH_TCB
case 'u':
user = optarg;
break;
#endif /* WITH_TCB */
default:
usage (E_USAGE);
}
}
if (optind != argc) {
usage (E_USAGE);
}
}
if (do_vipw) {
if (editshadow) {
#ifdef WITH_TCB
if (getdef_bool ("USE_TCB") && (NULL != user)) {
if (shadowtcb_set_user (user) == SHADOWTCB_FAILURE) {
fprintf (stderr,
_("%s: failed to find tcb directory for %s\n"),
Prog, user);
return E_SHADOW_NOTFOUND;
}
tcb_mode = true;
}
#endif /* WITH_TCB */
vipwedit (spw_dbname (), spw_lock, spw_unlock);
printf (MSG_WARN_EDIT_OTHER_FILE,
spw_dbname (),
pw_dbname (),
"vipw");
} else {
vipwedit (pw_dbname (), pw_lock, pw_unlock);
if (spw_file_present ()) {
printf (MSG_WARN_EDIT_OTHER_FILE,
pw_dbname (),
spw_dbname (),
"vipw -s");
}
}
} else {
#ifdef SHADOWGRP
if (editshadow) {
vipwedit (sgr_dbname (), sgr_lock, sgr_unlock);
printf (MSG_WARN_EDIT_OTHER_FILE,
sgr_dbname (),
gr_dbname (),
"vigr");
} else {
#endif /* SHADOWGRP */
vipwedit (gr_dbname (), gr_lock, gr_unlock);
#ifdef SHADOWGRP
if (sgr_file_present ()) {
printf (MSG_WARN_EDIT_OTHER_FILE,
gr_dbname (),
sgr_dbname (),
"vigr -s");
}
}
#endif /* SHADOWGRP */
}
nscd_flush_cache ("passwd");
nscd_flush_cache ("group");
Flush sssd caches in addition to nscd caches Some distributions, notably Fedora, have the following order of nsswitch modules by default: passwd: sss files group: sss files The advantage of serving local users through SSSD is that the nss_sss module has a fast mmapped-cache that speeds up NSS lookups compared to accessing the disk an opening the files on each NSS request. Traditionally, this has been done with the help of nscd, but using nscd in parallel with sssd is cumbersome, as both SSSD and nscd use their own independent caching, so using nscd in setups where sssd is also serving users from some remote domain (LDAP, AD, ...) can result in a bit of unpredictability. More details about why Fedora chose to use sss before files can be found on e.g.: https://fedoraproject.org//wiki/Changes/SSSDCacheForLocalUsers or: https://docs.pagure.org/SSSD.sssd/design_pages/files_provider.html Now, even though sssd watches the passwd and group files with the help of inotify, there can still be a small window where someone requests a user or a group, finds that it doesn't exist, adds the entry and checks again. Without some support in shadow-utils that would explicitly drop the sssd caches, the inotify watch can fire a little late, so a combination of commands like this: getent passwd user || useradd user; getent passwd user can result in the second getent passwd not finding the newly added user as the racy behaviour might still return the cached negative hit from the first getent passwd. This patch more or less copies the already existing support that shadow-utils had for dropping nscd caches, except using the "sss_cache" tool that sssd ships.
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sssd_flush_cache (SSSD_DB_PASSWD | SSSD_DB_GROUP);
return E_SUCCESS;
}