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authorAngelo Naselli <anaselli@linux.it>2015-03-16 19:20:40 +0100
committerAngelo Naselli <anaselli@linux.it>2015-03-16 19:20:40 +0100
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+# vim: set et ts=4 sw=4:
+# Copyright 2012-2015 Matteo Pasotti
+#
+# This file is part of ManaTools
+#
+# ManaTools 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 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# ManaTools 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 ManaTools. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package ManaTools::Privileges;
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use diagnostics;
+require Exporter;
+use base qw(Exporter);
+use English qw(-no_match_vars);
+
+our @EXPORT = qw(is_root_capability_required
+ ask_for_authentication);
+
+my $wrappers = { "sudo" => "/usr/bin/sudo",
+ "pkit" => "/usr/bin/pkexec",
+ "chlp" => "/usr/bin/consolehelper"
+ };
+
+my $wrapper = 0;
+
+sub is_root_capability_required {
+ return $EUID != 0;
+}
+
+sub ask_for_authentication {
+ my $wrapper_id = shift;
+ $wrapper = $wrappers->{$wrapper_id} if(defined($wrappers->{$wrapper_id}));
+ my ($command, @args) = wrap_command($0, @ARGV);
+ unshift(@args,$command->[1]);
+ unshift(@args, '-n') if($wrapper_id eq "sudo"); # let sudo die if password is needed
+ exec { $command->[0] } $command->[1], @args or die ("command %s missing", $command->[0]);
+}
+
+sub wrap_command {
+ my ($app, @args) = @_;
+ return ([$wrapper, $app], @args);
+}
+
+sub get_wrapper {
+ my $id = shift;
+ return $wrappers->{$id} if(defined($wrappers->{$id}));
+}
+
+1;