From 23516b24e8958ca94f8d384355e50c90c5753dbc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nalin Dahyabhai Date: May 28 2008 16:01:54 +0000 Subject: - update to version 0.29.1 to include config file fixes and a couple of bug fixes --- diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING index c06eee6..5cc6521 100644 --- a/COPYING +++ b/COPYING @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Copyright (c) 2005,2006 Red Hat, Inc. +Copyright (c) 2005,2006,2007,2008 Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 0e12596..ca7a018 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,15 @@ +2008-05-28 nalin + * common.h: include to avoid defining DBUS_MAJOR_VERSION + when we don't have to. + * src/oddjob-dbus.c: fix a quoting warning in a comment. Don't use + "uid" to create a string, which we would overwrite anyway, before it's + been initialized. + * src/oddjob-mkhomedir.conf.in,src/mkhomedirfor.in,src/mkmyhomedir.in: + fix a couple of places where the namespacing changes for splitting out + mkhomedir didn't quite get made right. + * oddjob.spec: check for a running daemon and tell it to reload its + configuration when oddjob-mkhomedir gets installed + 2007-12-10 nalin * src/mkhomedir.c: apply the umask to newly-created files as well. diff --git a/doc/oddjob.html b/doc/oddjob.html index 0dd9987..341f0f9 100644 --- a/doc/oddjob.html +++ b/doc/oddjob.html @@ -1,11 +1,11 @@ -oddjob: Threat or Menace?

oddjob: Threat or +oddjob: Threat or Menace?

oddjob: Threat or Menace?

Nalin Dahyabhai

Red Hat, Inc.

Copyright � 2005,2006,2007 Red Hat, Inc.

Abstract

The oddjob package provides a means for unprivileged applications to invoke and take limited control of privileged applications by issuing requests using the D-Bus system message bus. -

Table of Contents

Background
oddjob
An Example
D-Bus - Configuration
oddjobd Configuration
Configuring oddjobd
Built-in Methods
Implementation Limits

Background

+

Table of Contents

Background
oddjob
An Example
D-Bus + Configuration
oddjobd Configuration
Configuring oddjobd
Built-in Methods
Implementation Limits

Background

In many applications, particularly those which perform some sort of administrative task, it becomes useful to separate the presentation (which needn't have any special privileges, and frequently shouldn't) @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@

The oddjob package implements such a server. -

oddjob

+

oddjob

The server provided by oddjob, oddjobd, provides services which appear to be @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ implemented on web servers using scripting engines and applications which are implemented using the Common Gateway Interface (CGI). -

An Example

+

An Example

Take for example, a service which is provided by the well-known address "com.example.system_manager". This management service controls multiple systems, each of which is represented as a different @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ Using oddjobd, the entire implementation can be synthesized by providing the proper configuration files and shell scripts. -

D-Bus +

D-Bus Configuration

The D-Bus system bus enforces restrictions on which applications can reserve @@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ </policy> </busconfig>

-

oddjobd Configuration

+

oddjobd Configuration

The oddjobd daemon provides services which are implemented by external helper applications. The helpers are executed with superuser privileges, and receive their @@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ </object> </service> </oddjobconfig>

-

Configuring oddjobd

+

Configuring oddjobd

The oddjobd configuration is normally read from /etc/oddjobd.conf, but in most deployments it will direct the daemon to read all of the configuration files from @@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ If the helper runs to completion, oddjobd reports the helper's exit status, along with any data which the helper output to its standard output and error descriptors. -

Built-in Methods

+

Built-in Methods

The oddjobd server implements a small set of methods internally as part of the com.redhat.oddjob interface of the /com/redhat/oddjob object provided by the com.redhat.oddjob @@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ D-Bus introspection interface for all services which it provides to clients. By default, attempts to call these interfaces are denied unless ACLs have been put in place to allow it. -

Implementation Limits

+

Implementation Limits

The current implementation of oddjobd imposes some limitations on clients.

  • A client request can contain no more than 65535 diff --git a/doc/oddjob.xml.in b/doc/oddjob.xml.in index d8d0ca5..7a61a09 100644 --- a/doc/oddjob.xml.in +++ b/doc/oddjob.xml.in @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ @DOCBOOK_PACKAGE_START@oddjob@DOCBOOK_PACKAGE_END@: Threat or Menace? - 2005,2006,2007 + 2005,2006,2007,2008 Red Hat, Inc. diff --git a/oddjob.spec b/oddjob.spec index 3b7b301..8610f02 100644 --- a/oddjob.spec +++ b/oddjob.spec @@ -1,9 +1,10 @@ %define build_sample 0 +%define dbus_send /bin/dbus-send Name: oddjob -Version: 0.29 -Release: 1%{?dist} -Source: http://people.redhat.com/nalin/oddjob/oddjob-%{version}-1.tar.gz +Version: 0.29.1 +Release: 0%{?dist} +Source: http://people.redhat.com/nalin/oddjob/oddjob-%{version}-0.tar.gz Summary: A D-BUS service which runs odd jobs on behalf of client applications License: BSD Group: System Environment/Daemons @@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ BuildRequires: pam-devel, python-devel, pkgconfig BuildRequires: cyrus-sasl-devel, krb5-devel, openldap-devel BuildRequires: docbook-dtds, xmlto Requires(post): /sbin/service +Requires(postun): /sbin/service Requires(post): /sbin/chkconfig Requires(pre): /sbin/chkconfig URL: http://people.redhat.com/nalin/oddjob/ @@ -23,8 +25,9 @@ connect to it and issue requests using the system-wide message bus. %package mkhomedir Group: System Environment/Daemons -Summary: Files for developing oddjob clients +Summary: An oddjob helper which creates and populates home directories Requires: %{name} = %{version}-%{release} +Requires(post): %{dbus_send} %description mkhomedir This package contains the oddjob helper which can be used by the @@ -70,7 +73,7 @@ Requires: %{name} = %{version}-%{release} This package contains a trivial sample oddjob service. %prep -%setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}-1 +%setup -q -n %{name}-%{version}-0 %build sample_flag= @@ -165,6 +168,12 @@ install -m755 sample/oddjob-sample.sh sample-install-root/sample/%{_libdir}/% %post /sbin/chkconfig --add oddjobd +%postun +if [ $1 -gt 0 ] ; then + /sbin/service oddjobd condrestart 2>&1 > /dev/null || : +fi +exit 0 + %preun if [ $1 -eq 0 ] ; then /sbin/service oddjobd stop > /dev/null 2>&1 @@ -174,7 +183,22 @@ fi %post libs -p /sbin/ldconfig %postun libs -p /sbin/ldconfig +%post mkhomedir +if [ -f /var/lock/subsys/oddjobd ] ; then + %{dbus_send} --system --dest=com.redhat.oddjob /com/redhat/oddjob com.redhat.oddjob.reload +fi +exit 0 + %changelog +* Wed May 28 2008 Nalin Dahyabhai 0.29.1-1 +- when we install the mkhomedir subpackage, if there's a running oddjobd, ask + it to reload its configuration +- fix missing bits from the namespace changes in configuration files +- restart the service in %%postun + +* Tue Feb 19 2008 Fedora Release Engineering - 0.29-2 +- Autorebuild for GCC 4.3 + * Wed Sep 5 2007 Nalin Dahyabhai 0.29-1 - split off mkhomedir bits into a subpackage (#236820) - take a pass at new-init-ifying the init script (#247005)