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mesh-host/internal/accounts/ids_test.go
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Read an account by its name, never as a number getent takes for a uid (hq ADR 0325)
getent passwd reads an all-digit key as a uid, so a tool runner's account named
"1000" resolved to whoever has uid 1000 and the entry went to them. Only an answer
naming the account asked for is taken.
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package accounts
import (
"context"
"errors"
"strings"
"testing"
)
// An account is read by its name (novox/hq ADR 0325 §4): getent reads an all-digit key as a uid, so "1000" would
// answer with whoever has uid 1000 — refused, never taken for the account named.
func TestAnAccountIsReadByItsNameNeverItsNumber(t *testing.T) {
db := map[string]string{
"nox": "nox:x:1003:1003::/home/nox:/bin/sh",
"1000": "jochen:x:1000:1000::/home/jochen:/bin/zsh", // what getent answers for a uid
}
e := Exec{Run: func(_ context.Context, name string, args ...string) (string, error) {
if line, ok := db[args[len(args)-1]]; ok {
return line + "\n", nil
}
return "", errors.New("getent exited 2")
}}
if uid, gid, found, err := e.IDs(context.Background(), "nox"); err != nil || !found || uid != 1003 || gid != 1003 {
t.Fatalf("nox: %d %d %v %v", uid, gid, found, err)
}
if _, _, found, err := e.IDs(context.Background(), "1000"); found || err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "jochen") {
t.Fatalf("an all-digit name was read as a uid: found=%v err=%v", found, err)
}
if _, _, found, err := e.IDs(context.Background(), "ghost"); found || err != nil {
t.Fatalf("an absent account: found=%v err=%v", found, err)
}
}