From: thib <thib>
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 21:02:52 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: changes to make the script cleaner and more secure
X-Git-Tag: ver3_0_0^0
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=07c369cd4723f4e6d90d670176f8ed7907964882;p=fcron

changes to make the script cleaner and more secure
---

diff --git a/script/check_system_crontabs b/script/check_system_crontabs
index ef499a3..d523593 100755
--- a/script/check_system_crontabs
+++ b/script/check_system_crontabs
@@ -51,52 +51,60 @@
 # 2004/11/12  maasj@dm.org       Original version
 # 2005/02/24  Thibault Godouet   Modified to be used with dnotify 
 #                                + bug fixes and enhancement.
+# 2005/04/27  Daniel Himler      Security enhancements and cleanups.
 #
 
 CROND_DIR=/etc/cron.d
 FCRONTAB_PROG=/usr/bin/fcrontab
 CRONTAB_FILE=/etc/crontab
 FCRONTAB_FILE=/etc/fcrontab
-FCRONTAB_FILE_GEN=/etc/fcrontab-script-gen
-FCRONTAB_FILE_TMP=/etc/fcrontab.tmp
+if [ -x `type -p mktemp` ]; then
+	FCRONTAB_FILE_TMP=`mktemp /tmp/fcrontab.XXXXXX`
+else
+	FCRONTAB_FILE_TMP=/tmp/fcrontab.$$
+fi
+FCRONTABS_DIR=/var/spool/fcron
 SLEEP_TIME_BEFORE_REBUILD=30
 
 # Function to build up a system crontab and tell fcron it's changed
 rebuild_and_notify()
 {
-  logger -s -t "[check_system_crontabs]" "Rebuilding the system fcrontab ..."
+  logger -i -p cron.notice -t "check_system_crontabs" "Rebuilding the system fcrontab..."
 
   # put a warning message at the top of the file
-  echo -e "########################################" > $FCRONTAB_FILE_GEN
-  echo -e "# WARNING!!!  DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!!! #" >> $FCRONTAB_FILE_GEN
-  echo -e "########################################" >> $FCRONTAB_FILE_GEN
-  echo -e "# Do not edit this file!  It is automatically generated from" >> $FCRONTAB_FILE_GEN
-  echo -e "# the $CRONTAB_FILE, the $FCRONTAB_FILE and $CROND_DIR/* files whenever one of" >> $FCRONTAB_FILE_GEN
-  echo -e "# those files is changed.\n#\n\n" >> $FCRONTAB_FILE_GEN
-
-  # include the standard system crontab file
-  echo -e "\n\n########################################\n# $CRONTAB_FILE\n########################################\n" >> $FCRONTAB_FILE_GEN
-  cat $CRONTAB_FILE >> $FCRONTAB_FILE_GEN
+  echo -e "########################################" > $FCRONTAB_FILE_TMP
+  echo -e "# WARNING!!!  DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE!!! #" >> $FCRONTAB_FILE_TMP
+  echo -e "########################################" >> $FCRONTAB_FILE_TMP
+  echo -e "# Do not edit this file!  It is automatically generated from" >> $FCRONTAB_FILE_TMP
+  echo -e "# the $CRONTAB_FILE, the $FCRONTAB_FILE and $CROND_DIR/* files whenever one of" >> $FCRONTAB_FILE_TMP
+  echo -e "# those files is changed.\n#\n\n" >> $FCRONTAB_FILE_TMP
+
+  # include the standard system crontab file if it is not a symbolic link
+  if [ ! -L $CRONTAB_FILE ]; then
+    echo -e "\n\n########################################\n# $CRONTAB_FILE\n########################################\n" >> $FCRONTAB_FILE_TMP
+    cat $CRONTAB_FILE >> $FCRONTAB_FILE_TMP
+  fi
 
   # print a nice filename header for each file in /etc/cron.d/
   # and include its contents into the new fcron system crontab
   for i in $CROND_DIR/* ; do
     if [ $i != "RCS" ] ; then
-      echo -e "\n\n########################################\n# $CROND_DIR/$i\n########################################\n" >> $FCRONTAB_FILE_GEN
-      cat $i >> $FCRONTAB_FILE_GEN
+      echo -e "\n\n########################################\n# $i\n########################################\n" >> $FCRONTAB_FILE_TMP
+      cat $i >> $FCRONTAB_FILE_TMP
     fi
   done
 
-  # include the system fcrontab file
-  echo -e "\n\n########################################\n# $FCRONTAB_FILE\n########################################\n" >> $FCRONTAB_FILE_GEN
-  cat $FCRONTAB_FILE >> $FCRONTAB_FILE_GEN
+  # include the system fcrontab file if it is not a symbolic link
+  if [ ! -L $FCRONTAB_FILE ]; then
+    echo -e "\n\n########################################\n# $FCRONTAB_FILE\n########################################\n" >> $FCRONTAB_FILE_TMP
+    cat $FCRONTAB_FILE >> $FCRONTAB_FILE_TMP
+  fi
 
   # Replace "@hourly" style Vixie cron extensions which fcron doesn't parse
-  cat $FCRONTAB_FILE_GEN | sed -e "s/@yearly/0 0 1 1 */g" -e "s/@annually/0 0 1 1 */g" -e "s/@monthly/0 0 1 * */g" -e "s/@weekly/0 0 * * 0/g" -e "s/@daily/0 0 * * */g" -e "s/@midnight/0 0 * * */g" -e "s/@hourly/0 * * * */g" > $FCRONTAB_FILE_TMP
-  mv -f $FCRONTAB_FILE_TMP $FCRONTAB_FILE_GEN
+  sed -i -e "s/@yearly/0 0 1 1 */g" -e "s/@annually/0 0 1 1 */g" -e "s/@monthly/0 0 1 * */g" -e "s/@weekly/0 0 * * 0/g" -e "s/@daily/0 0 * * */g" -e "s/@midnight/0 0 * * */g" -e "s/@hourly/0 * * * */g" $FCRONTAB_FILE_TMP
 
   # notify fcron about the updated file
-  $FCRONTAB_PROG $FCRONTAB_FILE_GEN -u systab
+  $FCRONTAB_PROG $FCRONTAB_FILE_TMP -u systab
 }
 
 NEED_REBUILD=0
@@ -112,7 +120,7 @@ sleep $SLEEP_TIME_BEFORE_REBUILD
 
 # This test works for file creation/deletion (deletion is not detected
 # by the next test)
-if [ $CROND_DIR -nt $FCRONTAB_FILE_GEN ]; then
+if [ $CROND_DIR -nt $FCRONTABS_DIR/systab.orig ]; then
 
   NEED_REBUILD=1
 
@@ -121,7 +129,7 @@ else
   # Test each one and see if it's newer than our timestamp file
   for i in $CROND_DIR/* ; do
     if [ $i != "RCS" ]; then
-      if [ $i -nt $FCRONTAB_FILE_GEN ]; then
+      if [ $i -nt $FCRONTABS_DIR/systab.orig ]; then
 
         NEED_REBUILD=1
 
@@ -132,7 +140,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 # Test the standard /etc/crontab file and see if it has changed
-if [ $NEED_REBUILD -eq 0 -a \( $CRONTAB_FILE -nt $FCRONTAB_FILE_GEN -o $FCRONTAB_FILE -nt $FCRONTAB_FILE_GEN \) ]; then
+if [ $NEED_REBUILD -eq 0 -a \( $CRONTAB_FILE -nt $FCRONTABS_DIR/systab.orig -o $FCRONTAB_FILE -nt $FCRONTABS_DIR/systab.orig \) ]; then
 
   NEED_REBUILD=1
 
@@ -143,3 +151,5 @@ if [ $NEED_REBUILD -eq 1 ]; then
   rebuild_and_notify
 
 fi
+
+rm -f $FCRONTAB_FILE_TMP