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VMOD_UNIX(3)		    Library Functions Manual		    VMOD_UNIX(3)

NAME
     vmod_unix - Utilities for Unix domain sockets

SYNOPSIS
	import unix [as name] [from "path"]

	STRING user()

	STRING group()

	INT uid()

	INT gid()

DESCRIPTION
     This  VMOD  provides  information about the credentials of the peer process
     (user and group of the process owner) that is connected to  a  Vinyl  Cache
     listener via a Unix domain socket, if the platform supports it.

     Examples:

	import unix;

	sub vcl_recv {
	      # Return "403 Forbidden" if the connected peer is
	      # not running as the user "trusteduser".
	      if (unix.user() != "trusteduser") {
		      return( synth(403) );
	      }

	      # Require the connected peer to run in the group
	      # "trustedgroup".
	      if (unix.group() != "trustedgroup") {
		      return( synth(403) );
	      }

	      # Require the connected peer to run under a specific numeric
	      # user id.
	      if (unix.uid() != 4711) {
		      return( synth(403) );
	      }

	      # Require the connected peer to run under a numeric group id.
	      if (unix.gid() != 815) {
		      return( synth(403) );
	      }
	}

     Obtaining	the peer credentials is possible on a platform that supports one
     of the following:

     * getpeereid(3) (such as FreeBSD and other BSD-derived systems)

     * the socket option SO_PEERCRED for getsockopt(2) (Linux)

     * getpeerucred(3C) (SunOS and descendants)

     On SunOS and friends, the PRIV_PROC_INFO privilege  set  is  added  to  the
     vinyld child process while the VMOD is loaded, see setppriv(2).

     On  most  platforms, the value returned is the effective user or group that
     was valid when the peer process initiated the connection.

   STRING user()
     Return the user name of the peer process owner.

     Restricted to: client, backend.

   STRING group()
     Return the group name of the peer process owner.

     Restricted to: client, backend.

   INT uid()
     Return the numeric user id of the peer process owner.

     Restricted to: client, backend.

   INT gid()
     Return the numeric group id of the peer process owner.

     Restricted to: client, backend.

ERRORS
     All functions in this VMOD are subject to the following constraints:

     * None of them may be called in vcl_init{} or vcl_fini{}. If one of them is
       called in vcl_init{}, then the VCL program will fail to load, with an er-
       ror message from the VMOD.

     * If called on a platform that is not supported, then VCL	failure  is  in-
       voked.  An  error message is written to the log (with the VCL_Error tag),
       and for all VCL subroutines except for vcl_synth{}, control  is	directed
       immediately  to	vcl_synth{}, with the response status set to 503 and the
       reason string set to "VCL failed".

       If the failure occurs during vcl_synth{}, then  vcl_synth{}  is	aborted,
       and the response line "503 VCL failed" is sent.

     * If the current listener is not a Unix domain socket, or if the attempt to
       read  credentials  fails, then a VCL_Error message is written to the log.
       The STRING functions (unix.user() and unix.group())  return  NULL,  while
       the INT functions (unix.uid() and unix.gid()) return -1.

SEE ALSO
     * vinyld(1)

     * vcl(7)

     * getpeereid(3)

     * getsockopt(2)

     * getpeerucred(3C)

     * setppriv(2)

COPYRIGHT
	This document is licensed under the same conditions as Vinyl Cache itself.
	See LICENSE for details.

	SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause

	Authors: Geoffrey Simmons <geoffrey.simmons@uplex.de>

								    VMOD_UNIX(3)

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