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inetutils/libinetutils/ttymsg.c
Erik Auerswald 0c9d12e0da syslod, talkd: GNU/Linux w/o utmp compatibility
Some newer GNU/Linux systems no longer have a "utmp" file.
This file is used by both syslogd and talkd to find the
TTY device files of active user sessions in order to send
messages to specific or all users.

Gnulib can emulate a utmp file via the read_utmp() function
from the readutmp module.  This emulation is activated by
defining "READUTMP_USE_SYSTEMD", triggered via configure's
"--enable-systemd" option on systems without utmp and with
systemd.

But, this emulation reports non-existing TTY device files
for active user sessions.  Attempting to send a message to a
non-existing TTY produces an error, but that is normal behavior
for such a system.  Thus, ignore this error on such systems,
but not others.

* NEWS.md: Mention enhancement.
* libinetutils/ttymsg.c (inetutils_ttymsg): Ignore errors for
  non-existings TTY files reported in emulated utmp entries.
2025-12-03 21:24:22 +01:00

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/*
Copyright (C) 1996-2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of GNU Inetutils.
GNU Inetutils 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
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GNU Inetutils 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 `http://www.gnu.org/licenses/'. */
/*
* Copyright (c) 1989, 1993
* The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
* modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
* are met:
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* without specific prior written permission.
*
* THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
* ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
* IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
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* FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
* DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
* OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
* HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
* LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
* OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
* SUCH DAMAGE.
*/
#include <config.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/uio.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <errno.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <sys/wait.h>
#define MAX_ERRBUF 1024
static int fork2 (void);
static char *normalize_path (char *path, const char *delim);
/*
* Display the contents of a uio structure on a terminal. Used by wall(1),
* syslogd(8), and talkd(8). Forks and finishes in child if write would block,
* waiting up to tmout seconds. Returns pointer to error string on unexpected
* error; string is not newline-terminated. Various "normal" errors are
* ignored (exclusive-use, lack of permission, etc.).
*/
char *
inetutils_ttymsg (struct iovec *iov, int iovcnt, char *line, int tmout)
{
static char errbuf[MAX_ERRBUF];
char *device;
int cnt, fd, left, wret;
struct iovec localiov[6];
int forked = 0;
if (iovcnt > (int) (sizeof (localiov) / sizeof (localiov[0])))
return (char *) ("too many iov's (change code in wall/ttymsg.c)");
device = malloc (sizeof PATH_TTY_PFX - 1 + strlen (line) + 1);
if (!device)
{
snprintf (errbuf, sizeof errbuf,
"Not enough memory for tty device name");
return errbuf;
}
strcpy (device, PATH_TTY_PFX);
strcat (device, line);
normalize_path (device, "/");
if (strncmp (device, PATH_TTY_PFX, strlen (PATH_TTY_PFX)))
{
/* An attempt to break security... */
snprintf (errbuf, sizeof (errbuf), "bad line name: %s", line);
return (errbuf);
}
/*
* open will fail on slip lines or exclusive-use lines
* if not running as root; not an error.
*/
fd = open (device, O_WRONLY | O_NONBLOCK, 0);
if (fd < 0)
{
if (errno == EBUSY || errno == EACCES)
return (NULL);
#ifdef READUTMP_USE_SYSTEMD
/*
* GNU/Linux systems without utmp file but with utmp emulation
* provided via Gnulib's read_utmp() function regularly return
* non-existing TTYs for some active user sessions. This is a
* limitation of the utmp emulation. Thus ignore this error on
* such systems, but not others.
*/
if (errno == ENOENT)
return (NULL);
#endif
snprintf (errbuf, sizeof (errbuf), "%s: %s", device, strerror (errno));
free (device);
return errbuf;
}
for (cnt = left = 0; cnt < iovcnt; ++cnt)
left += iov[cnt].iov_len;
for (;;)
{
wret = writev (fd, iov, iovcnt);
if (wret >= left)
break;
if (wret >= 0)
{
left -= wret;
if (iov != localiov)
{
memcpy (localiov, iov, iovcnt * sizeof (struct iovec));
iov = localiov;
}
for (cnt = 0; wret >= (int) iov->iov_len; ++cnt)
{
wret -= iov->iov_len;
++iov;
--iovcnt;
}
if (wret)
{
iov->iov_base = (char *) iov->iov_base + wret;
iov->iov_len -= wret;
}
continue;
}
if (errno == EWOULDBLOCK)
{
int cpid, off = 0;
if (forked)
{
close (fd);
_exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
}
cpid = fork2 ();
if (cpid < 0)
{
snprintf (errbuf, sizeof (errbuf),
"fork: %s", strerror (errno));
close (fd);
free (device);
return (errbuf);
}
if (cpid) /* Parent. */
{
close (fd);
free (device);
return (NULL);
}
forked++;
/* wait at most tmout seconds */
signal (SIGALRM, SIG_DFL);
signal (SIGTERM, SIG_DFL); /* XXX */
#ifdef HAVE_SIGACTION
{
sigset_t empty;
sigemptyset (&empty);
sigprocmask (SIG_SETMASK, &empty, 0);
}
#else
sigsetmask (0);
#endif
alarm ((unsigned int) tmout);
fcntl (fd, O_NONBLOCK, &off);
continue;
}
/*
* We get ENODEV on a slip line if we're running as root,
* and EIO if the line just went away.
*/
if (errno == ENODEV || errno == EIO)
break;
close (fd);
if (forked)
_exit (EXIT_FAILURE);
snprintf (errbuf, sizeof (errbuf), "%s: %s", device, strerror (errno));
free (device);
return (errbuf);
}
free (device);
close (fd);
if (forked)
_exit (EXIT_SUCCESS);
return (NULL);
}
/* This was part of the Unix-Faq, maintain by Andrew Gierth.
fork2() -- like fork, but the new process is immediately orphaned
(won't leave a zombie when it exits)
Returns 1 to the parent, not any meaningful pid.
The parent cannot wait() for the new process (it's unrelated).
This version assumes that you *haven't* caught or ignored SIGCHLD.
If you have, then you should just be using fork() instead anyway. */
static int
fork2 (void)
{
pid_t pid;
int status;
if (!(pid = fork ()))
{
switch (fork ())
{
case 0: /* Child. */
return 0;
case -1:
_exit (errno); /* Assumes all errnos are <256 */
default: /* Parent. */
_exit (EXIT_SUCCESS);
}
}
if (pid < 0 || waitpid (pid, &status, 0) < 0)
return -1;
if (WIFEXITED (status))
if (WEXITSTATUS (status) == 0)
return 1;
else
errno = WEXITSTATUS (status);
else
errno = EINTR; /* well, sort of :-) */
return -1;
}
char *
normalize_path (char *path, const char *delim)
{
int len;
char *p;
if (!path)
return path;
len = strlen (path);
/* Empty string is returned as is */
if (len == 0)
return path;
/* delete trailing delimiter if any */
if (len && path[len - 1] == delim[0])
path[len - 1] = 0;
/* Eliminate any /../ */
for (p = strchr (path, '.'); p; p = strchr (p, '.'))
{
if (p > path && p[-1] == delim[0])
{
if (p[1] == '.' && (p[2] == 0 || p[2] == delim[0]))
/* found */
{
char *q, *s;
/* Find previous delimiter */
for (q = p - 2; *q != delim[0] && q >= path; q--)
;
if (q < path)
break;
/* Copy stuff */
s = p + 2;
p = q;
while ((*q++ = *s++))
;
continue;
}
}
p++;
}
if (path[0] == 0)
{
path[0] = delim[0];
path[1] = 0;
}
return path;
}