xmalloc_follow_symlinks() -- fix ELOOP issue with absolute paths,

return full path in cases where path doesn't resolve to a link. 
change name to better differentiate from xmalloc_readlink().
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Paul Fox 2007-11-08 20:00:36 +00:00
parent abbd363261
commit 599bbfbd9b
3 changed files with 25 additions and 18 deletions

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@ -260,10 +260,10 @@ DIR *warn_opendir(const char *path);
/* UNUSED: char *xmalloc_realpath(const char *path); */
char *xmalloc_readlink(const char *path);
char *xmalloc_readlink_follow(const char *path);
char *xmalloc_readlink_or_warn(const char *path);
char *xrealloc_getcwd_or_warn(char *cwd);
char *xmalloc_follow_symlinks(const char *path);
//TODO: signal(sid, f) is the same? then why?
extern void sig_catch(int,void (*)(int));

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@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ int update_passwd(const char *filename, const char *username,
int cnt = 0;
int ret = -1; /* failure */
filename = xmalloc_readlink_follow(filename);
filename = xmalloc_follow_symlinks(filename);
if (filename == NULL)
return -1;

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@ -33,13 +33,16 @@ char *xmalloc_readlink(const char *path)
}
/*
* this routine is not the same as realpath(), which canonicalizes
* the given path completely. this routine only follows trailing
* symlinks until a real file is reached, and returns its name.
* intermediate symlinks are not expanded. as above, a malloced
* char* is returned, which must be freed.
* this routine is not the same as realpath(), which
* canonicalizes the given path completely. this routine only
* follows trailing symlinks until a real file is reached, and
* returns its name. if the path ends in a dangling link, or if
* the target doesn't exist, the path is returned in any case.
* intermediate symlinks in the path are not expanded -- only
* those at the tail.
* a malloced char* is returned, which must be freed by the caller.
*/
char *xmalloc_readlink_follow(const char *path)
char *xmalloc_follow_symlinks(const char *path)
{
char *buf;
char *lpc;
@ -47,23 +50,27 @@ char *xmalloc_readlink_follow(const char *path)
int bufsize;
int looping = MAXSYMLINKS + 1;
linkpath = xstrdup(path);
buf = xstrdup(path);
goto jump_in;
while (1) {
linkpath = xmalloc_readlink(buf);
if (!linkpath) {
/* not a symlink, or doesn't exist */
if (errno == EINVAL || errno == ENOENT)
return buf;
free(buf);
return NULL;
}
if (!--looping) {
free(linkpath);
free(buf);
return NULL;
}
linkpath = xmalloc_readlink(buf);
if (!linkpath) {
if (errno == EINVAL) /* not a symlink */
return buf;
free(buf);
return NULL;
}
if (linkpath[0] != '/') {
if (*linkpath != '/') {
bufsize += strlen(linkpath);
buf = xrealloc(buf, bufsize);
lpc = bb_get_last_path_component_strip(buf);
@ -71,8 +78,8 @@ char *xmalloc_readlink_follow(const char *path)
free(linkpath);
} else {
free(buf);
jump_in:
buf = linkpath;
jump_in:
bufsize = strlen(buf) + 1;
}
}