I installed this; it should be useful for coreutils and perhaps for
other applications.
2007-03-23 Paul Eggert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* MODULES.html.sh (File system functions): New module write-any-file.
* modules/write-any-file, lib/write-any-file.c, lib/write-any-file.h:
* m4/write-any-file.m4: New files.
Index: MODULES.html.sh
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RCS file: /cvsroot/gnulib/gnulib/MODULES.html.sh,v
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--- MODULES.html.sh 1 Mar 2007 00:07:34 -0000 1.201
+++ MODULES.html.sh 23 Mar 2007 17:33:07 -0000 1.202
@@ -2072,6 +2072,7 @@
func_module unlinkdir
func_module utimecmp
func_module utimens
+ func_module write-any-file
func_module xgetcwd
func_module xreadlink
func_module xreadlink-with-size
--- /dev/null 2005-09-24 22:00:15.000000000 -0700
+++ modules/write-any-file 2007-03-23 09:19:12.000000000 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+Description:
+Determine whether we can write any file.
+
+Files:
+lib/write-any-file.h
+lib/write-any-file.c
+m4/write-any-file.m4
+
+Depends-on:
+stdbool
+
+configure.ac:
+gl_WRITE_ANY_FILE
+
+Makefile.am:
+
+Include:
+"write-any-file.h"
+
+License:
+GPL
+
+Maintainer:
+Paul Eggert, Jim Meyering
--- /dev/null 2005-09-24 22:00:15.000000000 -0700
+++ lib/write-any-file.c 2007-03-23 09:57:31.000000000 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/* Determine whether we can write any file.
+
+ Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ This program 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, or (at your option)
+ any later version.
+
+ This program 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 this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. */
+
+/* Written by Paul Eggert. */
+
+#include <config.h>
+
+#include "write-any-file.h"
+
+#if HAVE_PRIV_H
+# include <priv.h>
+#endif
+#include <unistd.h>
+
+/* Return true if we know that we can write any file, including
+ writing directories. */
+
+bool
+can_write_any_file (void)
+{
+ static bool initialized;
+ static bool can;
+
+ if (! initialized)
+ {
+#if defined PRIV_EFFECTIVE && defined PRIV_FILE_DAC_WRITE
+ priv_set_t *pset = priv_allocset ();
+ if (pset)
+ {
+ can =
+ (getppriv (PRIV_EFFECTIVE, pset) == 0
+ && priv_ismember (pset, PRIV_FILE_DAC_WRITE));
+ priv_freeset (pset);
+ }
+ else
+#else
+ /* In traditional Unix, only root can unlink directories. */
+ can = (geteuid () == 0);
+#endif
+ initialized = true;
+ }
+
+ return can;
+}
--- /dev/null 2005-09-24 22:00:15.000000000 -0700
+++ lib/write-any-file.h 2007-03-23 10:30:17.000000000 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#include <stdbool.h>
+bool can_write_any_file (void);
--- /dev/null 2005-09-24 22:00:15.000000000 -0700
+++ m4/write-any-file.m4 2007-03-23 09:21:34.000000000 -0700
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Determine whether we can write any file.
+
+# Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+#
+# This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
+# gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
+# with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
+
+# Written by Paul Eggert.
+
+AC_DEFUN([gl_WRITE_ANY_FILE],
+[
+ AC_CHECK_HEADERS_ONCE(priv.h)
+ AC_LIBOBJ([write-any-file])
+])
