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When configured for privilege separation, the Pegasus server runs as two processes.
  • the executor (the cimserver program).
  • the server (the cimservermain program).
The "executor" is the parent process. When it starts the server it passes the -x option with a socket number. The server checks for this option. It if finds it, is assumes it is running in privilege separation mode, in which case is calls Executor::setSock() with this socket number.
The Executor::detectExecutor() method is used in various places to see if the executor is present. For example.
        if (Executor::detectExecutor() == 0)
        {
            // Executor is present.
        }
        
The remaining methods provide an interface for submitting requests to the executor over the given socket, if present. Otherwise, the methods are handled directly by this class (see Executor.cpp). Here is a typical exampe of its usage.
        if (Executor::removeFile(path) == 0)
        {
            // File successfully removed.
        }
        
This example removes the given file. But be aware that the executor defines a policy that identifies which files it may removed (or manipulated by the other methods). In order to remove a file, the file must be added to the executor policy (located in pegasus/src/Executor/Policy.c). */ class PEGASUS_COMMON_LINKAGE Executor { public: /** Sets the local socket used to communicate with the executor. Warning: this method must be called before any other method or not at all. @sock the socket */ static void setSock(int sock); /** Return zero if the executor is the parent of the current process. If so, the methods below are handled by the executor. Otherwise, they are handled by alternative in-process "loopback" methods. @return 0=success, -1=failure */ static int detectExecutor(); /** Ping the executor to see if it is responsive. @return 0=success, -1=failure */ static int ping(); /** Open the given file with the given mode. @param path the path of the file. @param mode 'r'=read, 'w'=write, and 'a'=append. @return the file stream or NULL on failure. */ static FILE* openFile( const char* path, int mode); /** Rename the given file. @param oldPath the path of the old file. @param newPath the path of the new file. @return 0=success, -1=failure */ static int renameFile( const char* oldPath, const char* newPath); /** Remove the given file. @path the path of the file that will be reoved. @return 0=success, -1=failure */ static int removeFile( const char* path); /** Start a provider agent as the given user. The provider agent will load the given provider module. @param module name of provider module to be loaded. @param pegasusHome the Pegasus home directory to use to find the cimprovagt executable. @param userName the user name to run the provider agent as. @param pid the PID of the new process (to be eventually passed to reapProviderAgent()). @param readPipe pipe used to read data from provider agent. @param writePipe pipe used to write data from provider agent. @return 0=success, -1=failure */ static int startProviderAgent( const char* module, const String& pegasusHome, const String& userName, int& pid, AnonymousPipe*& readPipe, AnonymousPipe*& writePipe); /** Cause the executor to daemonize itself. @return 0=success, -1=failure */ static int daemonizeExecutor(); /** Wait for the provider agent to exit. @param pid the process id obtained with startProviderAgent(). @return 0=success, -1=failure */ static int reapProviderAgent( int pid); /** Check whether the password is correct for the given user, using an underyling authentication mechanism (either PAM or cimserver.passwd file). @param username the name of a valid system user. @param password the clear text password for the given user. @return 0=success, -1=failure */ static int authenticatePassword( const char* username, const char* password); /** Check whether the given user is valid for the underlying authentcation mechanism. @param username the name of the user. @return 0=success, -1=failure */ static int validateUser( const char* username); /** Begin authenticating the given *user* using the "local authentication" algorithm. A file containing a secret token is created on the local file system. The file is only readable by the given user. The caller should pass the path of this file to the client, who will attempt to read the secret token from the file and return it to the server. This token and the file path generated by this function should then be passed to authenticateLocal(). @param username name of user to be challenged. @param challenge The challenge file path to be forwared by the caller to the client. @return 0=success, -1=failure */ static int challengeLocal( const char* username, char challengeFilePath[EXECUTOR_BUFFER_SIZE]); /** Authenticate the given *user* using the "local authentication" algorithm. The secret token is read from the file created by challengeLocal(). If it matches the *response* argument, then the authentication is successful (returns zero). @param challengeFilePath The file path that was sent to the client to challenge for the secret token, generated by challengeLocal(). @param response The challenge response obtained from the authenticating user. This is the response to the challenge obtained from challengeLocal(). @return 0=success, -1=failure */ static int authenticateLocal( const char* challengeFilePath, const char* response); private: // Private to prevent instantiation. Executor(); }; PEGASUS_NAMESPACE_END #endif /* _Pegasus_Common_Executor_h */