Fix #492: add per-service directories, systemd RuntimeDirectory style

A service that drops privileges cannot create its own PID file in
/run, root owns it.  Finit can create the file with pidfile-create,
but the daemon still cannot touch it to confirm a SIGHUP.

Five new settings, block format only: runtime-dir, state-dir,
cache-dir, logs-dir, and config-dir.  The value is a directory name,
resolved under /run, /var/lib, /var/cache, /var/log, and /etc,
respectively.  The directory is created before the service starts,
mode 0755 owned by user/group, and the full path is exported to the
process as RUNTIME_DIRECTORY, STATE_DIRECTORY, CACHE_DIRECTORY,
LOGS_DIRECTORY, and CONFIGURATION_DIRECTORY.  Mode and ownership are
asserted at creation only, a daemon may tighten them afterwards.

The runtime directory is removed when the unit stops, after any
exec-stop-post script, like systemd with RuntimeDirectoryPreserve=no.
A completed run/task counts as stopped unless remain-after-exit keeps
it up.  The other four persist across restarts.

These are the first settings with no legacy token: they are validated
by service_set_dir() and stored on the svc that service_register()
now returns.  systemd accepts a list of directories per setting; this
is a single name for now, widening later is compatible since
libconfuse accepts a bare value for a list option.

The test sysroot gains libnss_files.so.2, which ldd cannot see, glibc
dlopen()s it.  Without it getpwnam() fails inside the chroot, so
user/group settings never resolved and directory ownership could not
be tested.

Signed-off-by: Joachim Wiberg <troglobit@gmail.com>
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Joachim Wiberg committed 2026-07-30 15:23:37 +02:00
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@@ -269,6 +269,11 @@ static cfg_opt_t svc_opts[] = {
CFG_STR_LIST("capabilities", NULL, CFGF_NODEFAULT),
CFG_STR_LIST("caps", NULL, CFGF_NODEFAULT), /* alias */
CFG_STR ("runtime-dir", NULL, CFGF_NODEFAULT),
CFG_STR ("state-dir", NULL, CFGF_NODEFAULT),
CFG_STR ("cache-dir", NULL, CFGF_NODEFAULT),
CFG_STR ("logs-dir", NULL, CFGF_NODEFAULT),
CFG_STR ("config-dir", NULL, CFGF_NODEFAULT),
CFG_STR_LIST("conflicts", NULL, CFGF_NODEFAULT),
CFG_STR ("if", NULL, CFGF_NODEFAULT),
CFG_STR ("tty", NULL, CFGF_NODEFAULT),
@@ -1289,6 +1294,30 @@ static int if_translate(const char *str, char *buf, size_t len, char *file, cons
return 0;
}
/*
* These have no legacy token, they are validated by service_set_dir()
* and stored directly on the registered svc. Empty means unset,
* service_register() has already cleared the fields.
*/
static void dirs_translate(cfg_t *sec, svc_t *svc, char *file)
{
int i;
for (i = 0; i < NUM_SVCDIRS; i++) {
const char *str;
str = sec_getstr(sec, svcdirs[i].key, NULL);
if (!str || !str[0])
continue;
if (service_set_dir(svc, &svcdirs[i], str))
logit(LOG_ERR, "%s: %s: %s '%s' %s, ignoring",
file, cfg_title(sec), svcdirs[i].key, str,
errno == ENAMETOOLONG ? "is too long"
: "must be relative, no '..'");
}
}
static void svc_translate(cfg_t *sec, int type, struct rlimit rlimit[], char *file)
{
struct rlimit local_rlimit[RLIMIT_NLIMITS];
@@ -1299,6 +1328,7 @@ static void svc_translate(cfg_t *sec, int type, struct rlimit rlimit[], char *fi
long num;
char buf[512];
char nm[80];
svc_t *svc;
char *id;
cmd = sec_getstr(sec, "command", NULL);
@@ -1505,7 +1535,11 @@ static void svc_translate(cfg_t *sec, int type, struct rlimit rlimit[], char *fi
addtok(line, sizeof(line), "-- %s", str);
dbg("translated: %s", line);
service_register(type, line, rlimit, file);
svc = service_register(type, line, rlimit, file);
if (!svc)
return;
dirs_translate(sec, svc, file);
}
/*
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@@ -570,6 +570,101 @@ static void set_uid(uid_t uid, svc_t *svc)
err(1, "%s: failed setuid(%d)", svc_ident(svc, NULL, 0), uid);
}
/*
* systemd-style per-service directories: created before each start,
* owned by the service user, and exported to the environment. The
* runtime directory is removed again when the service stops, after
* any post: script has run. See issue #492.
*/
const struct svcdir svcdirs[NUM_SVCDIRS] = {
{ "runtime-dir", "/run", "RUNTIME_DIRECTORY", offsetof(svc_t, runtime_dir) },
{ "state-dir", "/var/lib", "STATE_DIRECTORY", offsetof(svc_t, state_dir) },
{ "cache-dir", "/var/cache", "CACHE_DIRECTORY", offsetof(svc_t, cache_dir) },
{ "logs-dir", "/var/log", "LOGS_DIRECTORY", offsetof(svc_t, logs_dir) },
{ "config-dir", "/etc", "CONFIGURATION_DIRECTORY", offsetof(svc_t, config_dir) },
};
static char *svcdir_path(svc_t *svc, const struct svcdir *sd, char *path, size_t len)
{
char *name = (char *)svc + sd->off;
if (!name[0])
return NULL;
paste(path, len, sd->base, name);
return path;
}
/*
* Validate and set a per-service directory. The value is a name
* resolved under sd->base, so an absolute path or an escape is
* refused with -1 and errno set.
*/
int service_set_dir(svc_t *svc, const struct svcdir *sd, const char *name)
{
char *dir = (char *)svc + sd->off;
if (name[0] == '/' || strstr(name, "..")) {
errno = EINVAL;
return -1;
}
if (strlcpy(dir, name, MAX_ARG_LEN) >= MAX_ARG_LEN) {
dir[0] = 0;
errno = ENAMETOOLONG;
return -1;
}
return 0;
}
static void service_mkdirs(svc_t *svc)
{
char path[256];
size_t i;
for (i = 0; i < NELEMS(svcdirs); i++) {
char *ptr;
ptr = svcdir_path(svc, &svcdirs[i], path, sizeof(path));
if (!ptr)
continue;
/*
* Script forks land here too, so an existing directory
* is left alone -- mode and ownership are asserted at
* creation only, a daemon may have tightened them.
*/
if (fisdir(ptr))
continue;
/* only the named directory is chowned, like systemd */
mkpath(ptr, 0755);
if (mksubsys(ptr, 0755, svc->username, svc->group))
logit(LOG_WARNING, "%s: failed creating %s", svc_ident(svc, NULL, 0), ptr);
}
}
static void service_dir_env(svc_t *svc)
{
char path[256];
size_t i;
for (i = 0; i < NELEMS(svcdirs); i++) {
if (svcdir_path(svc, &svcdirs[i], path, sizeof(path)))
setenv(svcdirs[i].env, path, 1);
}
}
static void service_rmdirs(svc_t *svc)
{
char path[256];
/* only the runtime directory, /run is tmpfs, the rest persist */
if (svcdir_path(svc, &svcdirs[0], path, sizeof(path)))
rmrf(path);
}
static pid_t service_fork(svc_t *svc)
{
const char *cgnm;
@@ -591,6 +686,8 @@ static pid_t service_fork(svc_t *svc)
if (pid == 0) {
char *home = NULL;
service_mkdirs(svc);
#ifdef ENABLE_STATIC
int uid = 0; /* XXX: Fix better warning that dropprivs is disabled. */
int gid = 0;
@@ -664,6 +761,8 @@ static pid_t service_fork(svc_t *svc)
err(1, "%s: failed setgid(%d)", svc_ident(svc, NULL, 0), gid);
}
service_dir_env(svc);
if (uid >= 0) {
set_uid(uid, svc);
@@ -2272,6 +2371,10 @@ svc_t *service_register(int type, char *cfg, struct rlimit rlimit[], char *file)
else
memset(svc->capabilities, 0, sizeof(svc->capabilities));
/* block format only, set by conf.c after registration */
for (int i = 0; i < NUM_SVCDIRS; i++)
memset((char *)svc + svcdirs[i].off, 0, MAX_ARG_LEN);
if (!svc_is_tty(svc) && ctty) {
char *dev = ctty;
@@ -2894,6 +2997,16 @@ static void svc_set_state(svc_t *svc, svc_state_t new_state)
return;
*state = new_state;
/*
* The unit has stopped: HALTED comes after any post:/cleanup:
* script, DONE is a completed run/task, where remain-after-exit
* keeps it alive until stopped for real. Same removal rules as
* systemd RuntimeDirectory with RuntimeDirectoryPreserve=no.
*/
if (new_state == SVC_HALTED_STATE ||
(new_state == SVC_DONE_STATE && !svc_is_remain(svc)))
service_rmdirs(svc);
if (svc_is_runtask(svc)) {
char success[MAX_COND_LEN], failure[MAX_COND_LEN];
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@@ -27,6 +27,22 @@
#include "svc.h"
/*
* systemd-style per-service directories, block format only: the .conf
* key, the base the name resolves under, and the environment variable
* the path is exported as. Shared by service.c and conf.c so adding
* one means touching the table and svc.h alone.
*/
struct svcdir {
const char *key;
const char *base;
const char *env;
size_t off; /* offsetof() in svc_t */
};
#define NUM_SVCDIRS 5
extern const struct svcdir svcdirs[NUM_SVCDIRS];
int service_set_dir (svc_t *svc, const struct svcdir *sd, const char *name);
svc_t *service_register (int type, char *line, struct rlimit rlimit[], char *file);
void service_unregister (svc_t *svc);
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@@ -199,6 +199,14 @@ typedef struct svc {
int num_supgroups;
char capabilities[MAX_CMD_LEN];
/* Directories set up for the service, block format only, the
* name is resolved under a fixed base, e.g. /run/NAME */
char runtime_dir[MAX_ARG_LEN];
char state_dir[MAX_ARG_LEN];
char cache_dir[MAX_ARG_LEN];
char logs_dir[MAX_ARG_LEN];
char config_dir[MAX_ARG_LEN];
/* Command, arguments and service description */
char cmd[MAX_CMD_LEN];
char args[MAX_NUM_SVC_ARGS][MAX_CMD_LEN];