From: Michael Tremer <michael.tremer@ipfire.org>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 12:00:31 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: client: Use the hostname as default principal
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=9fc300fe00047a11978d9f4a5365ab563c2a991f;p=pakfire.git

client: Use the hostname as default principal

Signed-off-by: Michael Tremer <michael.tremer@ipfire.org>
---

diff --git a/src/pakfire/client.c b/src/pakfire/client.c
index a94bd83d..96e83893 100644
--- a/src/pakfire/client.c
+++ b/src/pakfire/client.c
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ static void pakfire_client_free(struct pakfire_client* self) {
 int pakfire_client_create(struct pakfire_client** client,
 		struct pakfire_ctx* ctx, sd_event* loop, const char* url, const char* principal) {
 	struct pakfire_client* self = NULL;
+	char hostname[HOST_NAME_MAX];
 	int r;
 
 	// Allocate some memory
@@ -306,6 +307,19 @@ int pakfire_client_create(struct pakfire_client** client,
 	if (r < 0)
 		goto ERROR;
 
+	// Use the hostname if no principal given
+	if (!principal) {
+		r = gethostname(hostname, sizeof(hostname));
+		if (r < 0) {
+			ERROR(self->ctx, "Failed to fetch hostname: %m\n");
+			r = -errno;
+			goto ERROR;
+		}
+
+		// Use the hostname as principal
+		principal = hostname;
+	}
+
 	// Store the principal
 	r = pakfire_string_set(self->principal, principal);
 	if (r < 0)