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VMOD_UNIX(3) VMOD_UNIX(3)

vmod_unix - Utilities for Unix domain sockets

import unix [as name] [from "path"]
STRING user()
STRING group()
INT uid()
INT gid()


This VMOD provides information about the credentials of the peer process (user and group of the process owner) that is connected to a Varnish 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:


On SunOS and friends, the PRIV_PROC_INFO privilege set is added to the Varnish 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.

Return the user name of the peer process owner.

Return the group name of the peer process owner.

Return the numeric user id of the peer process owner.

Return the numeric group id of the peer process owner.

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 error message from the VMOD.
  • If called on a platform that is not supported, then VCL failure is invoked. 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 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.


This document is licensed under the same conditions as Varnish itself.
See LICENSE for details.
SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
Authors: Geoffrey Simmons <geoffrey.simmons@uplex.de>