privilege-helper.hpp

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#ifndef NFD_DAEMON_COMMON_PRIVILEGE_HELPER_HPP
#define NFD_DAEMON_COMMON_PRIVILEGE_HELPER_HPP
 
#include "core/common.hpp"
 
#include <unistd.h>
 
namespace nfd {
 
class PrivilegeHelper
{
public:
  class Error
  {
  public:
    explicit
    Error(const std::string& what)
      : m_whatMessage(what)
    {
    }
 
    const char*
    what() const
    {
      return m_whatMessage.data();
    }
 
  private:
    const std::string m_whatMessage;
  };
 
  static void
  initialize(const std::string& userName, const std::string& groupName);
 
  static void
  drop();
 
  template<class F>
  static void
  runElevated(F&& f)
  {
    raise();
    try {
      std::forward<F>(f)();
    }
    catch (...) {
      drop();
      throw;
    }
    drop();
  }
 
NFD_PUBLIC_WITH_TESTS_ELSE_PRIVATE:
  static void
  raise();
 
NFD_PUBLIC_WITH_TESTS_ELSE_PRIVATE:
#ifdef NFD_HAVE_PRIVILEGE_DROP_AND_ELEVATE
  static uid_t s_normalUid;
  static gid_t s_normalGid;
 
  static uid_t s_privilegedUid;
  static gid_t s_privilegedGid;
#endif // NFD_HAVE_PRIVILEGE_DROP_AND_ELEVATE
};
 
} // namespace nfd
 
#endif // NFD_DAEMON_COMMON_PRIVILEGE_HELPER_HPP