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rename pam_ffi submodule to libpam.
author Paul Fisher <paul@pfish.zone>
date Fri, 06 Jun 2025 22:35:08 -0400
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//! The wrapper types and traits for handles into the PAM library.
use crate::constants::Result;
use crate::conv::Conversation;

macro_rules! trait_item {
    (get = $getter:ident, item = $item:literal $(, see = $see:path)? $(, $($doc:literal)*)?) => {
        $(
            $(#[doc = $doc])*
            #[doc = ""]
        )?
        #[doc = concat!("Gets the `", $item, "` of the PAM handle.")]
        $(
            #[doc = concat!("See [`", stringify!($see), "`].")]
        )?
        #[doc = ""]
        #[doc = "Returns a reference to the item's value, owned by PAM."]
        #[doc = "The item is assumed to be valid UTF-8 text."]
        #[doc = "If it is not, `ConversationError` is returned."]
        #[doc = ""]
        #[doc = "See the [`pam_get_item`][man] manual page,"]
        #[doc = "[`pam_get_item` in the Module Writers' Guide][mwg], or"]
        #[doc = "[`pam_get_item` in the Application Developers' Guide][adg]."]
        #[doc = ""]
        #[doc = "[man]: https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/pam_get_item.3.html"]
        #[doc = "[adg]: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/doc/libpam-doc/html/adg-interface-by-app-expected.html#adg-pam_get_item"]
        #[doc = "[mwg]: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/doc/libpam-doc/html/mwg-expected-by-module-item.html#mwg-pam_get_item"]
        fn $getter(&mut self) -> Result<Option<&str>>;
    };
    (set = $setter:ident, item = $item:literal $(, see = $see:path)? $(, $($doc:literal)*)?) => {
        $(
            $(#[doc = $doc])*
            #[doc = ""]
        )?
        #[doc = concat!("Sets the `", $item, "` from the PAM handle.")]
        $(
            #[doc = concat!("See [`", stringify!($see), "`].")]
        )?
        #[doc = ""]
        #[doc = "Sets the item's value. PAM copies the string's contents."]
        #[doc = "If the string contains a null byte, this will return "]
        #[doc = "a `ConversationError`."]
        #[doc = ""]
        #[doc = "See the [`pam_set_item`][man] manual page,"]
        #[doc = "[`pam_set_item` in the Module Writers' Guide][mwg], or"]
        #[doc = "[`pam_set_item` in the Application Developers' Guide][adg]."]
        #[doc = ""]
        #[doc = "[man]: https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/pam_set_item.3.html"]
        #[doc = "[adg]: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/doc/libpam-doc/html/adg-interface-by-app-expected.html#adg-pam_set_item"]
        #[doc = "[mwg]: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/doc/libpam-doc/html/mwg-expected-by-module-item.html#mwg-pam_set_item"]
        fn $setter(&mut self, value: Option<&str>) -> Result<()>;
    };
}

/// All-in-one trait for what you should expect from PAM as an application.
pub trait PamHandleApplication: PamApplicationOnly + PamShared {}
impl<T> PamHandleApplication for T where T: PamApplicationOnly + PamShared {}

/// All-in-one trait for what you should expect from PAM as a module.
pub trait PamHandleModule: PamModuleOnly + PamShared {}
impl<T> PamHandleModule for T where T: PamModuleOnly + PamShared {}

/// Functionality for both PAM applications and PAM modules.
///
/// This base trait includes features of a PAM handle that are available
/// to both applications and modules.
///
/// You probably want [`LibPamHandle`](crate::libpam::OwnedLibPamHandle).
/// This trait is intended to allow creating mock PAM handle types
/// to test PAM modules and applications.
pub trait PamShared {
    /// Retrieves the name of the user who is authenticating or logging in.
    ///
    /// If the username has previously been obtained, this uses that username;
    /// otherwise it prompts the user with the first of these that is present:
    ///
    ///  1. The prompt string passed to this function.
    ///  2. The string returned by `get_user_prompt_item`.
    ///  3. The default prompt, `login: `.
    ///
    /// See the [`pam_get_user` manual page][man]
    /// or [`pam_get_user` in the Module Writer's Guide][mwg].
    ///
    /// # Example
    ///
    /// ```no_run
    /// # use nonstick::PamShared;
    /// # fn _doc(handle: &mut impl PamShared) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    /// // Get the username using the default prompt.
    /// let user = handle.get_user(None)?;
    /// // Get the username using a custom prompt.
    /// // If this were actually called right after the above,
    /// // both user and user_2 would have the same value.
    /// let user_2 = handle.get_user(Some("who ARE you even???"))?;
    /// # Ok(())
    /// # }
    /// ```
    ///
    /// [man]: https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/pam_get_user.3.html
    /// [mwg]: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/doc/libpam-doc/html/mwg-expected-by-module-item.html#mwg-pam_get_user
    fn get_user(&mut self, prompt: Option<&str>) -> Result<&str>;

    trait_item!(
        get = user_item,
        item = "PAM_USER",
        see = Self::get_user,
        "The identity of the user for whom service is being requested."
        ""
        "Unlike [`get_user`](Self::get_user), this will simply get"
        "the current state of the user item, and not request the username. "
        "While PAM usually sets this automatically in the `get_user` call, "
        "it may be changed by a module during the PAM transaction. "
        "Applications should check it after each step of the PAM process."
    );
    trait_item!(
        set = set_user_item,
        item = "PAM_USER",
        see = Self::user_item,
        "Sets the identity of the logging-in user."
        ""
        "Usually this will be set during the course of "
        "a [`get_user`](Self::get_user) call, but you may set it manually "
        "or change it during the PAM process."
    );

    trait_item!(
        get = service,
        item = "PAM_SERVICE",
        "The service name, which identifies the PAM stack which is used "
        "to perform authentication."
    );
    trait_item!(
        set = set_service,
        item = "PAM_SERVICE",
        see = Self::service,
        "The service name, which identifies the PAM stack which is used "
        "to perform authentication. It's probably a bad idea to change this."
    );

    trait_item!(
        get = user_prompt,
        item = "PAM_USER_PROMPT",
        "The string used to prompt for a user's name."
        "By default, this is a localized version of `login: `."
    );
    trait_item!(
        set = set_user_prompt,
        item = "PAM_USER_PROMPT",
        see = Self::user_prompt,
        "Sets the string used to prompt for a user's name."
    );

    trait_item!(
        get = tty_name,
        item = "PAM_TTY",
        "\"The terminal name prefixed by /dev/ for device files.\""
        ""
        "This is the terminal the user is logging in on."
        "Very old applications may use this instead of `PAM_XDISPLAY`."
    );
    trait_item!(
        set = set_tty_name,
        item = "PAM_TTY",
        see = Self::tty_name,
        "Sets the terminal name."
        ""
        "(TODO: See if libpam sets this itself or if the application does.)"
    );

    trait_item!(
        get = remote_user,
        item = "PAM_RUSER",
        "If set, the identity of the remote user logging in."
        ""
        "This is only as trustworthy as the application calling PAM."
        "Also see [`remote_host`](Self::remote_host)."
    );
    trait_item!(
        set = set_remote_user,
        item = "PAM_RUSER",
        "Sets the identity of the remote user logging in."
        ""
        "This is usually set by the application before making calls "
        "into a PAM session. (TODO: check this!)"
    );

    trait_item!(
        get = remote_host,
        item = "PAM_RHOST",
        "If set, the remote location where the user is coming from."
        ""
        "This is only as trustworthy as the application calling PAM. "
        "This can be combined with [`Self::remote_user`] to identify "
        "the account the user is attempting to log in from, "
        "with `remote_user@remote_host`."
        ""
        "If unset, \"it is unclear where the authentication request "
        "is originating from.\""
    );
    trait_item!(
        set = set_remote_host,
        item = "PAM_RHOST",
        see = Self::remote_host,
        "Sets the location where the user is coming from."
        ""
        "This is usually set by the application before making calls "
        "into a PAM session. (TODO: check this!)"
    );

    trait_item!(
        set = set_authtok_item,
        item = "PAM_AUTHTOK",
        see = PamModuleHandle::authtok_item,
        "Sets the user's authentication token (e.g., password)."
        ""
        "This is usually set automatically when "
        "[`get_authtok`](PamModuleHandle::get_authtok) is called, "
        "but can be manually set."
    );

    trait_item!(
        set = set_old_authtok_item,
        item = "PAM_OLDAUTHTOK",
        see = PamModuleHandle::old_authtok_item,
        "Sets the user's \"old authentication token\" when changing passwords."
        ""
        "This is usually set automatically by PAM."
    );
}

/// Functionality of a PAM handle that can be expected by a PAM application.
///
/// If you are not writing a PAM client application (e.g., you are writing
/// a module), you should not use the functionality exposed by this trait.
///
/// Like [`PamShared`], this is intended to allow creating mock implementations
/// of PAM for testing PAM applications.
pub trait PamApplicationOnly {
    /// Closes the PAM session on an owned PAM handle.
    ///
    /// This should be called with the result of the application's last call
    /// into PAM services. Since this is only applicable to *owned* PAM handles,
    /// a PAM module should never call this (and it will never be handed
    /// an owned `PamHandle` that it can `close`).
    ///
    /// See the [`pam_end` manual page][man] for more information.
    ///
    /// ```no_run
    /// # use nonstick::handle::PamApplicationOnly;
    /// # use std::error::Error;
    /// # fn _doc(handle: impl PamApplicationOnly, auth_result: nonstick::Result<()>) -> Result<(), Box<dyn Error>> {
    /// // Earlier: authentication was performed and the result was stored
    /// // into auth_result.
    /// handle.close(auth_result)?;
    /// # Ok(())
    /// # }
    /// ```
    ///
    /// [man]: https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/pam_end.3.html
    fn close(self, status: Result<()>) -> Result<()>;
}

/// Functionality of a PAM handle that can be expected by a PAM module.
///
/// If you are not writing a PAM module (e.g., you are writing an application),
/// you should not use any of the functionality exposed by this trait.
///
/// Like [`PamShared`], this is intended to allow creating mock implementations
/// of PAM for testing PAM modules.
pub trait PamModuleOnly: Conversation {
    /// Retrieves the authentication token from the user.
    ///
    /// This should only be used by *authentication* and *password-change*
    /// PAM modules.
    ///
    /// See the [`pam_get_authtok` manual page][man]
    /// or [`pam_get_item` in the Module Writer's Guide][mwg].
    ///
    /// # Example
    ///
    /// ```no_run
    /// # use nonstick::handle::PamModuleOnly;
    /// # fn _doc(handle: &mut impl PamModuleOnly) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    /// // Get the user's password using the default prompt.
    /// let pass = handle.get_authtok(None)?;
    /// // Get the user's password using a custom prompt.
    /// let pass = handle.get_authtok(Some("Reveal your secrets!"))?;
    /// Ok(())
    /// # }
    /// ```
    ///
    /// [man]: https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/pam_get_authtok.3.html
    /// [mwg]: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/doc/libpam-doc/html/mwg-expected-by-module-item.html#mwg-pam_get_item
    fn get_authtok(&mut self, prompt: Option<&str>) -> Result<&str>;

    trait_item!(
        get = authtok_item,
        item = "PAM_AUTHTOK",
        see = Self::get_authtok,
        "Gets the user's authentication token (e.g., password)."
        ""
        "This is normally set automatically by PAM when calling "
        "[`get_authtok`](Self::get_authtok), but can be set explicitly."
        ""
        "Like `get_authtok`, this should only ever be called "
        "by *authentication* and *password-change* PAM modules."
    );

    trait_item!(
        get = old_authtok_item,
        item = "PAM_OLDAUTHTOK",
        see = PamHandle::set_old_authtok_item,
        "Gets the user's old authentication token when changing passwords."
        ""
        "This should only ever be called by *password-change* PAM modules."
    );

    /*
    TODO: Re-enable this at some point.
        /// Gets some pointer, identified by `key`, that has been set previously
        /// using [`set_data`](Self::set_data).
        ///
        /// The data, if present, is still owned by the current PAM session.
        ///
        /// See the [`pam_get_data` manual page][man]
        /// or [`pam_get_data` in the Module Writer's Guide][mwg].
        ///
        /// # Safety
        ///
        /// The data stored under the provided key must be of type `T`,
        /// otherwise you'll get back a completely invalid `&T`
        /// and further behavior is undefined.
        ///
        /// [man]: https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/pam_get_data.3.html
        /// [mwg]: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/doc/libpam-doc/html/mwg-expected-by-module-item.html#mwg-pam_get_data
        unsafe fn get_data<T>(&mut self, key: &str) -> Result<Option<&T>>;

        /// Stores a pointer that can be retrieved later with [`get_data`](Self::get_data).
        ///
        /// This data is accessible to this module and other PAM modules
        /// (using the provided `key`), but is *not* accessible to the application.
        /// The PAM session takes ownership of the data, and it will be dropped
        /// when the session ends.
        ///
        /// See the [`pam_set_data` manual page][man]
        /// or [`pam_set_data` in the Module Writer's Guide][mwg].
        ///
        /// [man]: https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/pam_set_data.3.html
        /// [mwg]: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/doc/libpam-doc/html/mwg-expected-by-module-item.html#mwg-pam_set_data
        fn set_data<T>(&mut self, key: &str, data: Box<T>) -> Result<()>;
     */
}