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@(#)3.t 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/8/93
Access control
Copyright (c) 1983, 1993
The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
are met:
1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors
may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software
without specific prior written permission.
THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND
ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE
FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS
OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT
LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY
OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
SUCH DAMAGE.
@(#)3.t 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/8/93
Access control
The printer system maintains protected spooling areas so that users cannot circumvent printer accounting or remove files other than their own. The strategy used to maintain protected spooling areas is as follows:
\(bu 3
The spooling area is writable only by a daemon user
and daemon group.
\(bu 3
The lpr program runs set-user-id to root and
set-group-id to group daemon. The root access permits
reading any file required. Accessibility is verified
with an access\|(2) call. The group ID
is used in setting up proper ownership of files
in the spooling area for lprm.
\(bu 3
Control files in a spooling area are made with daemon
ownership and group ownership daemon. Their mode is 0660.
This insures control files are not modified by a user
and that no user can remove files except through lprm.
\(bu 3
The spooling programs,
lpd, lpq, and lprm run set-user-id to root
and set-group-id to group daemon to access spool files and printers.
\(bu 3
The printer server, lpd,
uses the same verification procedures as rshd\|(8C)
in authenticating remote clients. The host on which a client
resides must be present in the file /etc/hosts.equiv or /etc/hosts.lpd and
the request message must come from a reserved port number.
In practice, none of lpd, lpq, or lprm would have to run as user root if remote spooling were not supported. In previous incarnations of the printer system lpd ran set-user-id to daemon, set-group-id to group spooling, and lpq and lprm ran set-group-id to group spooling.
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