Relax strict checking of log file.

Add a strict_check parameter to create_file_safely() and disable the
strict file type checking when opening the log file. This allows the log
file to be a device file, fifo, etc.
This commit is contained in:
Bob Showalter 2017-06-02 17:50:49 +00:00
parent cb6f868739
commit 14523bb1f1
3 changed files with 36 additions and 32 deletions

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@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static unsigned int logging_initialized = FALSE; /* boolean */
*/
int open_log_file (const char *log_file_name)
{
log_file_fd = create_file_safely (log_file_name, FALSE);
log_file_fd = create_file_safely (log_file_name, FALSE, FALSE);
return log_file_fd;
}

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@ -61,7 +61,8 @@ send_http_message (struct conn_s *connptr, int http_code,
/*
* Safely creates filename and returns the low-level file descriptor.
*/
int create_file_safely (const char *filename, unsigned int truncate_file)
int create_file_safely (const char *filename, unsigned int truncate_file,
unsigned int strict_check)
{
struct stat lstatinfo;
int fildes;
@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ int create_file_safely (const char *filename, unsigned int truncate_file)
return fildes;
}
if (strict_check) {
/*
* fstat() the opened file and check that the file mode bits,
* inode, and device match.
@ -142,6 +144,7 @@ int create_file_safely (const char *filename, unsigned int truncate_file)
close (fildes);
return -EMLINK;
}
}
/*
* Just return the file descriptor if we _don't_ want the file
@ -194,7 +197,7 @@ pidfile_create (const char *filename)
/*
* Create a new file
*/
if ((fildes = create_file_safely (filename, TRUE)) < 0)
if ((fildes = create_file_safely (filename, TRUE, TRUE)) < 0)
return fildes;
/*

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@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ extern int send_http_message (struct conn_s *connptr, int http_code,
extern int pidfile_create (const char *path);
extern int create_file_safely (const char *filename,
unsigned int truncate_file);
unsigned int truncate_file,
unsigned int strict_check);
#endif