X-Git-Url: https://diplodocus.org/git/nmh/blobdiff_plain/19bf8698eeb0ab3d7694232af115fa3f007d5c7b..5dd3af5ac619fa57de69eb8777ced3376fafc593:/sbr/context_save.c

diff --git a/sbr/context_save.c b/sbr/context_save.c
index 70809595..9f53397b 100644
--- a/sbr/context_save.c
+++ b/sbr/context_save.c
@@ -1,26 +1,24 @@
-
-/*
- * context_save.c -- write out the updated context file
+/* context_save.c -- write out the updated context file
  *
  * This code is Copyright (c) 2002, by the authors of nmh.  See the
  * COPYRIGHT file in the root directory of the nmh distribution for
  * complete copyright information.
  */
 
-#include <h/mh.h>
-#include <h/signals.h>
-
 /*
- * static prototypes
+ * This function used to support setuid/setgid programs by writing
+ * the file as the user.  But that code, m_chkids(), was removed
+ * because there no longer are setuid/setgid programs in nmh.
  */
-static int m_chkids(void);
 
+#include <h/mh.h>
+#include <h/signals.h>
+#include "lock_file.h"
 
 void
 context_save (void)
 {
-    int action;
-    register struct node *np;
+    struct node *np;
     FILE *out;
     sigset_t set, oset;
     int failed_to_lock = 0;
@@ -33,9 +31,6 @@ context_save (void)
 	return;
     ctxflags &= ~CTXMOD;
 
-    if ((action = m_chkids ()) > 0)
-	return;			/* child did it for us */
-
     /* block a few signals */
     sigemptyset (&set);
     sigaddset (&set, SIGHUP);
@@ -57,48 +52,4 @@ context_save (void)
     lkfclosedata (out, ctxpath);
 
     sigprocmask (SIG_SETMASK, &oset, &set); /* reset the signal mask */
-
-    if (action == 0)
-	/* This must be _exit(), not exit(), because the child didn't
-	   call unregister_for_removal() in m_chkids(). */
-	_exit (0);		/* we are child, time to die */
-}
-
-/*
- * This hack brought to you so we can handle set[ug]id MH programs.
- * If we return -1, then no fork is made, we update .mh_profile
- * normally, and return to the caller normally.  If we return 0,
- * then the child is executing, .mh_profile is modified after
- * we set our [ug]ids to the norm.  If we return > 0, then the
- * parent is executed and .mh_profile has already be modified.
- * We can just return to the caller immediately.
- */
-
-static int
-m_chkids (void)
-{
-    int i;
-    pid_t pid;
-
-    if (getuid () == geteuid ())
-	return (-1);
-
-    for (i = 0; (pid = fork ()) == -1 && i < 5; i++)
-	sleep (5);
-
-    switch (pid) {
-	case -1:
-	    break;
-
-	case 0:
-	    /* It's not necessary to call unregister_for_removal(0)
-               because the child calls _exit() in context_save(). */
-	    break;
-
-	default:
-	    pidwait (pid, -1);
-	    break;
-    }
-
-    return pid;
 }