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authorHavoc Pennington <hp@redhat.com>2003-04-01 05:33:01 +0000
committerHavoc Pennington <hp@redhat.com>2003-04-01 05:33:01 +0000
commit44ed933284589134603913b05f55ca55e8c5a566 (patch)
tree7091c28eba6a2d93cd02ca80c39b3175ccca06f5 /doc
parent8dfe82beb530aefce505a9bf915a749647e7183f (diff)
2003-04-01 Havoc Pennington <hp@pobox.com>
* dbus/dbus-server.c (dbus_server_set_auth_mechanisms): new function * dbus/dbus-auth.c (_dbus_auth_set_mechanisms): new * dbus/dbus-internals.c (_dbus_dup_string_array): new function * dbus/dbus-sysdeps.c (_dbus_listen_unix_socket): chmod the socket 0777, and unlink any existing socket. * bus/bus.c (bus_context_new): change our UID/GID and fork if the configuration file so specifies; set up auth mechanism restrictions * bus/config-parser.c (bus_config_parser_content): add support for <fork> option and fill in code for <auth> * bus/system.conf.in: add <fork/> to default configuration, and limit auth mechanisms to EXTERNAL * doc/config-file.txt (Elements): add <fork> * dbus/dbus-sysdeps.c (_dbus_become_daemon): new function (_dbus_change_identity): new function
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diff --git a/doc/config-file.txt b/doc/config-file.txt
index 5502c82b..b8230aab 100644
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+++ b/doc/config-file.txt
@@ -53,6 +53,15 @@ Elements:
The last <user> entry in the file "wins", the others are ignored.
+ The user is changed after the bus has completed initialization.
+ So sockets etc. will be created before changing user, but no
+ data will be read from clients before changing user.
+
+ <fork>
+
+ If present, the bus daemon becomes a real daemon (forks
+ into the background, etc.)
+
<listen>
Add an address that the bus should listen on. The
@@ -72,6 +81,7 @@ Elements:
Lists permitted authorization mechanisms. If this element doesn't
exist, then all known mechanisms are allowed. If there are
multiple <auth> elements, the last one wins (they are not merged).
+ The order in which mechanisms are listed is not meaningful.
Example: <auth>EXTERNAL</auth>
Example: <auth>DBUS_COOKIE_SHA1</auth>