| /* Determine whether we can write any file. |
| |
| Copyright (C) 2007, 2009-2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
| |
| 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 3 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, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ |
| |
| /* Written by Paul Eggert. */ |
| |
| #include <config.h> |
| |
| #include "write-any-file.h" |
| #include "priv-set.h" |
| #include "root-uid.h" |
| |
| #include <unistd.h> |
| |
| /* Return true if we know that we can write any file, including |
| writing directories. */ |
| |
| bool |
| can_write_any_file (void) |
| { |
| static bool initialized; |
| static bool can_write; |
| |
| if (! initialized) |
| { |
| bool can = false; |
| #if defined PRIV_FILE_DAC_WRITE |
| can = (priv_set_ismember (PRIV_FILE_DAC_WRITE) == 1); |
| #else |
| /* In traditional Unix, only root can unlink directories. */ |
| can = (geteuid () == ROOT_UID); |
| #endif |
| can_write = can; |
| initialized = true; |
| } |
| |
| return can_write; |
| } |