I made some changes to rsync so that it would recognize it was running as
root when run as a setuid root program. This allows the same operations as
when running as root (preserving ownership, for example). I've attached the
diffs.
*** patch follows ***
*** main.c@@/main/original/1 Tue Apr 9 14:03:06 2002
--- main.c Wed Jul 10 10:19:42 2002
***************
*** 855,861 ****
#endif /* def MAINTAINER_MODE */
starttime = time(NULL);
! am_root = (getuid() == 0);
memset(&stats, 0, sizeof(stats));
--- 860,866 ----
#endif /* def MAINTAINER_MODE */
starttime = time(NULL);
! am_root = (getuid() == 0 || geteuid() == 0);
memset(&stats, 0, sizeof(stats));
*** clientserver.c@@/main/original/1 Tue Apr 9 14:02:24 2002
--- clientserver.c Tue Apr 9 14:34:26 2002
***************
*** 220,226 ****
module_id = i;
! am_root = (getuid() == 0);
if (am_root) {
p = lp_uid(i);
--- 220,226 ----
module_id = i;
! am_root = (getuid() == 0 || geteuid() == 0);
if (am_root) {
p = lp_uid(i);
***************
*** 332,338 ****
return -1;
}
! am_root = (getuid() == 0);
}
io_printf(fd,"@RSYNCD: OK\n");
--- 332,338 ----
return -1;
}
! am_root = (getuid() == 0 || geteuid() == 0);
}
io_printf(fd,"@RSYNCD: OK\n");
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