1 /* Determine whether we can write any file.
2
3 Copyright (C) 2007, 2009-2021 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4
5 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
6 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
7 the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
8 (at your option) any later version.
9
10 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
11 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
12 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
13 GNU General Public License for more details.
14
15 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
16 along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */
17
18 /* Written by Paul Eggert. */
19
20 #include <config.h>
21
22 #include "write-any-file.h"
23 #include "priv-set.h"
24 #include "root-uid.h"
25
26 #include <unistd.h>
27
28 /* Return true if we know that we can write any file, including
29 writing directories. */
30
31 bool
32 can_write_any_file (void)
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33 {
34 static bool initialized;
35 static bool can_write;
36
37 if (! initialized)
38 {
39 bool can = false;
40 #if defined PRIV_FILE_DAC_WRITE
41 can = (priv_set_ismember (PRIV_FILE_DAC_WRITE) == 1);
42 #else
43 /* In traditional Unix, only root can unlink directories. */
44 can = (geteuid () == ROOT_UID);
45 #endif
46 can_write = can;
47 initialized = true;
48 }
49
50 return can_write;
51 }