[Python-checkins] r78549 - in python/branches/release31-maint: Lib/test/test_os.py Misc/NEWS Modules/posixmodule.c

[gregory.p.smith]

Author: gregory.p.smith
Date: Mon Mar  1 06:56:53 2010
New Revision: 78549

Log:
Merged revisions 78548 via svnmerge from 
svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/branches/py3k

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  r78548 | gregory.p.smith | 2010-02-28 21:54:14 -0800 (Sun, 28 Feb 2010) | 10 lines
  
  Merged revisions 78546 via svnmerge from 
  svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/trunk
  
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    r78546 | gregory.p.smith | 2010-02-28 21:43:43 -0800 (Sun, 28 Feb 2010) | 3 lines
    
    Fixes issue #7999: os.setreuid() and os.setregid() would refuse to accept
    a -1 parameter on some platforms such as OS X.
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Modified:
   python/branches/release31-maint/   (props changed)
   python/branches/release31-maint/Lib/test/test_os.py
   python/branches/release31-maint/Misc/NEWS
   python/branches/release31-maint/Modules/posixmodule.c

Modified: python/branches/release31-maint/Lib/test/test_os.py
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/release31-maint/Lib/test/test_os.py	(original)
+++ python/branches/release31-maint/Lib/test/test_os.py	Mon Mar  1 06:56:53 2010
@@ -717,6 +717,7 @@
                     self.assertRaises(os.error, os.setreuid, 0, 0)
                 self.assertRaises(OverflowError, os.setreuid, 1<<32, 0)
                 self.assertRaises(OverflowError, os.setreuid, 0, 1<<32)
+                os.setreuid(-1, -1)  # Does nothing, but it needs to accept -1
 
         if hasattr(os, 'setregid'):
             def test_setregid(self):
@@ -724,6 +725,7 @@
                     self.assertRaises(os.error, os.setregid, 0, 0)
                 self.assertRaises(OverflowError, os.setregid, 1<<32, 0)
                 self.assertRaises(OverflowError, os.setregid, 0, 1<<32)
+                os.setregid(-1, -1)  # Does nothing, but it needs to accept -1
 
     @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform == 'darwin', "tests don't apply to OS X")
     class Pep383Tests(unittest.TestCase):

Modified: python/branches/release31-maint/Misc/NEWS
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/release31-maint/Misc/NEWS	(original)
+++ python/branches/release31-maint/Misc/NEWS	Mon Mar  1 06:56:53 2010
@@ -351,6 +351,9 @@
 - Expat: Fix DoS via XML document with malformed UTF-8 sequences
   (CVE_2009_3560).
 
+- Issue #7999: os.setreuid() and os.setregid() would refuse to accept a -1
+  parameter on some platforms such as OS X.
+
 Tests
 -----
 

Modified: python/branches/release31-maint/Modules/posixmodule.c
==============================================================================
--- python/branches/release31-maint/Modules/posixmodule.c	(original)
+++ python/branches/release31-maint/Modules/posixmodule.c	Mon Mar  1 06:56:53 2010
@@ -4370,9 +4370,16 @@
 	uid_t ruid, euid;
 	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "ll", &ruid_arg, &euid_arg))
 		return NULL;
-	ruid = ruid_arg;
-	euid = euid_arg;
-	if (euid != euid_arg || ruid != ruid_arg) {
+	if (ruid_arg == -1)
+		ruid = (uid_t)-1;  /* let the compiler choose how -1 fits */
+	else
+		ruid = ruid_arg;  /* otherwise, assign from our long */
+	if (euid_arg == -1)
+		euid = (uid_t)-1;
+	else
+		euid = euid_arg;
+	if ((euid_arg != -1 && euid != euid_arg) || 
+	    (ruid_arg != -1 && ruid != ruid_arg)) {
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError, "user id too big");
 		return NULL;
 	}
@@ -4397,9 +4404,16 @@
 	gid_t rgid, egid;
 	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "ll", &rgid_arg, &egid_arg))
 		return NULL;
-	rgid = rgid_arg;
-	egid = egid_arg;
-	if (egid != egid_arg || rgid != rgid_arg) {
+	if (rgid_arg == -1)
+		rgid = (gid_t)-1;  /* let the compiler choose how -1 fits */
+	else
+		rgid = rgid_arg;  /* otherwise, assign from our long */
+	if (egid_arg == -1)
+		egid = (gid_t)-1;
+	else
+		egid = egid_arg;
+	if ((egid_arg != -1 && egid != egid_arg) || 
+	    (rgid_arg != -1 && rgid != rgid_arg)) {
 		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_OverflowError, "group id too big");
 		return NULL;
 	}