its UID on the local database.
* lib/groupio.c, lib/groupio.h: New function to find a group by
its GID on the local database.
+ * libmisc/find_new_ids.c, lib/prototypes.h: Add new generic
+ functions to find the next user or group ID available:
+ find_new_uid() and find_new_gid(). They work the same way as the
+ functions with the same name of useradd or groupadd, except that
+ they check in the local database to make sure an ID was not
+ reserved in an uncommitted change (this is needed to be used in
+ newusers), they report a status instead of calling exit(), and
+ they can receive a preferred ID. They should later support system
+ IDs. This should be a little bit slower, but not too much (if the
+ database is not open the checks against the local database will
+ exit immediately, and if it is already open, all the checks will be
+ done regarding the data in memory).
2008-02-02 Nicolas François <nicolas.francois@centraliens.net>
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+#include <config.h>
+
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include "prototypes.h"
+#include "pwio.h"
+#include "groupio.h"
+#include "getdef.h"
+
+/*
+ * find_new_uid - Find a new unused UID.
+ *
+ * If successful, find_new_uid provides an unused user ID in the
+ * [UID_MIN:UID_MAX] range.
+ * This ID should be higher than all the used UID, but if not possible,
+ * the lowest unused ID in the range will be returned.
+ *
+ * Return 0 on success, -1 if no unused UIDs are available.
+ */
+int find_new_uid (int sys_user, uid_t *uid, uid_t const *preferred_uid)
+{
+ const struct passwd *pwd;
+ uid_t uid_min, uid_max, user_id;
+
+ assert (uid != NULL);
+ /* TODO: add support for system users */
+ assert (sys_user == 0);
+
+ uid_min = getdef_unum ("UID_MIN", 1000);
+ uid_max = getdef_unum ("UID_MAX", 60000);
+
+ if ( (NULL != preferred_uid)
+ && (*preferred_uid >= uid_min)
+ && (*preferred_uid <= uid_max)
+ /* Check if the user exists according to NSS */
+ && (getpwuid (*preferred_uid) == NULL)
+ /* Check also the local database in case of uncommitted
+ * changes */
+ && (pw_locate_uid (*preferred_uid) == NULL)) {
+ *uid = *preferred_uid;
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+
+ user_id = uid_min;
+
+ /*
+ * Search the entire password file,
+ * looking for the largest unused value.
+ *
+ * We check the list of users according to NSS (setpwent/getpwent),
+ * but we also check the local database (pw_rewind/pw_next) in case
+ * some users were created but the changes were not committed yet.
+ */
+ setpwent ();
+ pw_rewind ();
+ while ( ((pwd = getpwent ()) != NULL)
+ || ((pwd = pw_next ()) != NULL)) {
+ if ((pwd->pw_uid >= user_id) && (pwd->pw_uid <= uid_max)) {
+ user_id = pwd->pw_uid + 1;
+ }
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * If a user with UID equal to UID_MAX exists, the above algorithm
+ * will give us UID_MAX+1 even if not unique. Search for the first
+ * free UID starting with UID_MIN (it's O(n*n) but can be avoided
+ * by not having users with UID equal to UID_MAX). --marekm
+ */
+ if (user_id == uid_max + 1) {
+ for (user_id = uid_min; user_id < uid_max; user_id++) {
+ /* local, no need for xgetpwuid */
+ if ( (getpwuid (user_id) == NULL)
+ && (pw_locate_uid (user_id) == NULL)) {
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ if (user_id == uid_max) {
+ fputs (_("Can't get unique UID (no more available UIDs)\n"), stderr);
+ return -1;
+ }
+ }
+
+ *uid = user_id;
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * find_new_gid - Find a new unused GID.
+ *
+ * If successful, find_new_gid provides an unused group ID in the
+ * [GID_MIN:GID_MAX] range.
+ * This ID should be higher than all the used GID, but if not possible,
+ * the lowest unused ID in the range will be returned.
+ *
+ * Return 0 on success, -1 if no unused GIDs are available.
+ */
+int find_new_gid (int sys_group, gid_t *gid, gid_t const *preferred_gid)
+{
+ const struct group *grp;
+ gid_t gid_min, gid_max, group_id;
+
+ assert (gid != NULL);
+ /* TODO: add support for system groups */
+ assert (sys_group == 0);
+
+ gid_min = getdef_unum ("GID_MIN", 1000);
+ gid_max = getdef_unum ("GID_MAX", 60000);
+
+ if ( (NULL != preferred_gid)
+ && (*preferred_gid >= gid_min)
+ && (*preferred_gid <= gid_max)
+ /* Check if the user exists according to NSS */
+ && (getgrgid (*preferred_gid) == NULL)
+ /* Check also the local database in case of uncommitted
+ * changes */
+ && (gr_locate_gid (*preferred_gid) == NULL)) {
+ *gid = *preferred_gid;
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ group_id = gid_min;
+
+ /*
+ * Search the entire group file,
+ * looking for the largest unused value.
+ *
+ * We check the list of users according to NSS (setpwent/getpwent),
+ * but we also check the local database (pw_rewind/pw_next) in case
+ * some groups were created but the changes were not committed yet.
+ */
+ setgrent ();
+ gr_rewind ();
+ while ( ((grp = getgrent ()) != NULL)
+ || ((grp = gr_next ()) != NULL)) {
+ if ((grp->gr_gid >= group_id) && (grp->gr_gid <= gid_max)) {
+ group_id = grp->gr_gid + 1;
+ }
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * If a group with GID equal to GID_MAX exists, the above algorithm
+ * will give us GID_MAX+1 even if not unique. Search for the first
+ * free GID starting with GID_MIN (it's O(n*n) but can be avoided
+ * by not having users with GID equal to GID_MAX). --marekm
+ */
+ if (group_id == gid_max + 1) {
+ for (group_id = gid_min; group_id < gid_max; group_id++) {
+ /* local, no need for xgetgrgid */
+ if ( (getgrgid (group_id) == NULL)
+ && (gr_locate_gid (group_id) == NULL)) {
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ if (group_id == gid_max) {
+ fputs (_("Can't get unique GID (no more available GIDs)\n"), stderr);
+ return -1;
+ }
+ }
+
+ *gid = group_id;
+ return 0;
+}
+