+#ifdef NO_POSIX_GOODIES
+
+struct credentials;
+
+static void drop_privileges(struct credentials *cred)
+{
+ /* nothing */
+}
+
+static void daemonize(void)
+{
+ die("--detach not supported on this platform");
+}
+
+static struct credentials *prepare_credentials(const char *user_name,
+ const char *group_name)
+{
+ die("--user not supported on this platform");
+}
+
+#else
+
+struct credentials {
+ struct passwd *pass;
+ gid_t gid;
+};
+
+static void drop_privileges(struct credentials *cred)
+{
+ if (cred && (initgroups(cred->pass->pw_name, cred->gid) ||
+ setgid (cred->gid) || setuid(cred->pass->pw_uid)))
+ die("cannot drop privileges");
+}
+
+static struct credentials *prepare_credentials(const char *user_name,
+ const char *group_name)
+{
+ static struct credentials c;
+
+ c.pass = getpwnam(user_name);
+ if (!c.pass)
+ die("user not found - %s", user_name);
+
+ if (!group_name)
+ c.gid = c.pass->pw_gid;
+ else {
+ struct group *group = getgrnam(group_name);
+ if (!group)
+ die("group not found - %s", group_name);
+
+ c.gid = group->gr_gid;
+ }
+
+ return &c;
+}
+