module="mod_rewrite">RewriteEngine</directive> set to
<code>on</code>.</p>
+ <p>By default, external rewriting programs are started as root.
+ This can be changed on UNIX systems by passing user name and
+ group name as third argument to <directive module="mod_rewrite">
+ RewriteMap</directive> in the <code>username:groupname</code> format.</p>
+
<p>This feature utilizes the <code>rewrite-map</code> mutex,
which is required for reliable communication with the program.
The mutex mechanism and lock file can be configured with the
<p><strong>Rewrite configuration</strong></p>
<highlight language="config">
-RewriteMap d2u "prg:/www/bin/dash2under.pl"
+RewriteMap d2u "prg:/www/bin/dash2under.pl" apache:apache
RewriteRule "-" "${d2u:%{REQUEST_URI}}"
</highlight>
const char *dbdq; /* SQL SELECT statement for rewritemap */
const char *checkfile2; /* filename to check for map existence
NULL if only one file */
+ const char *user; /* run RewriteMap program as this user */
+ const char *group; /* run RewriteMap program as this group */
} rewritemap_entry;
/* special pattern types for RewriteCond */
static apr_status_t rewritemap_program_child(apr_pool_t *p,
const char *progname, char **argv,
+ const char *user, const char *group,
apr_file_t **fpout,
apr_file_t **fpin)
{
APR_FULL_BLOCK, APR_NO_PIPE))
&& APR_SUCCESS == (rc=apr_procattr_dir_set(procattr,
ap_make_dirstr_parent(p, argv[0])))
+ && (!user || APR_SUCCESS == (rc=apr_procattr_user_set(procattr, user, "")))
+ && (!group || APR_SUCCESS == (rc=apr_procattr_group_set(procattr, group)))
&& APR_SUCCESS == (rc=apr_procattr_cmdtype_set(procattr, APR_PROGRAM))
&& APR_SUCCESS == (rc=apr_procattr_child_errfn_set(procattr,
rewrite_child_errfn))
}
rc = rewritemap_program_child(p, map->argv[0], map->argv,
+ map->user, map->group,
&fpout, &fpin);
if (rc != APR_SUCCESS || fpin == NULL || fpout == NULL) {
ap_log_error(APLOG_MARK, APLOG_ERR, rc, s, APLOGNO(00654)
}
static const char *cmd_rewritemap(cmd_parms *cmd, void *dconf, const char *a1,
- const char *a2)
+ const char *a2, const char *a3)
{
rewrite_server_conf *sconf;
rewritemap_entry *newmap;
newmap->type = MAPTYPE_PRG;
newmap->checkfile = newmap->argv[0];
+ if (a3) {
+ char *tok_cntx;
+ newmap->user = apr_strtok(apr_pstrdup(cmd->pool, a3), ":", &tok_cntx);
+ newmap->group = apr_strtok(NULL, ":", &tok_cntx);
+ }
}
else if (strncasecmp(a2, "int:", 4) == 0) {
newmap->type = MAPTYPE_INT;
"an input string and a to be applied regexp-pattern"),
AP_INIT_RAW_ARGS("RewriteRule", cmd_rewriterule, NULL, OR_FILEINFO,
"an URL-applied regexp-pattern and a substitution URL"),
- AP_INIT_TAKE2( "RewriteMap", cmd_rewritemap, NULL, RSRC_CONF,
- "a mapname and a filename"),
+ AP_INIT_TAKE23( "RewriteMap", cmd_rewritemap, NULL, RSRC_CONF,
+ "a mapname and a filename and options"),
{ NULL }
};