This adds uid_is_system() and gid_is_system(), similar in style to
uid_is_dynamic(). That a helper like this is useful is illustrated by
the fact that test-condition.c didn't get the check right so far, which
this patch fixes.
return DYNAMIC_UID_MIN <= uid && uid <= DYNAMIC_UID_MAX;
}
+static inline bool uid_is_system(uid_t uid) {
+ return uid <= SYSTEM_UID_MAX;
+}
+
+static inline bool gid_is_system(gid_t gid) {
+ return gid <= SYSTEM_GID_MAX;
+}
+
/* The following macros add 1 when converting things, since UID 0 is a valid UID, while the pointer
* NULL is special */
#define PTR_TO_UID(p) ((uid_t) (((uintptr_t) (p))-1))
* cases, as we shouldn't accidentally remove a system service's IPC objects while it is running, just because
* a cronjob running as the same user just finished. Hence: exclude system users generally from IPC clean-up,
* and do it only for normal users. */
- if (u->manager->remove_ipc && u->uid > SYSTEM_UID_MAX) {
+ if (u->manager->remove_ipc && !uid_is_system(u->uid)) {
k = clean_ipc_by_uid(u->uid);
if (k < 0)
r = k;