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Re: [PATCHv3 10/13] credentials: add "cache" helper

From
Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 10, 2012, 01:50 UTC
Message-ID
<20120110015038.GA17754@burratino>
In-Reply-To
<20111210103407.GJ16529@sigill.intra.peff.net>
Hi,
Jeff King wrote:
> This patch introduces a credential helper that will cache
> passwords in memory for a short period of time.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff King <peff@peff.net>
[...]
> t/t0301-credential-cache.sh                    |   18 ++
This test is failing for me:
	expecting success: 
			check fill $HELPER <<-\EOF
			protocol=https
			host=example.com
			--
			username=askpass-username
			password=askpass-password
			--
			askpass: Username for 'https://example.com':
			askpass: Password for 'https://askpass-username@example.com':
			EOF
	--- expect-stderr       2012-01-10 00:07:02.398365248 +0000
	+++ stderr      2012-01-10 00:07:02.418364996 +0000
	@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
	+fatal: socket path is too long to fit in sockaddr
	 askpass: Username for 'https://example.com':
	 askpass: Password for 'https://askpass-username@example.com':
	not ok - 1 helper (cache) has no existing data

I didn't notice until recently because typically the cwd is short. The sun_path[] array on this machine is 108 bytes; POSIX informs me that some platforms make it as small as 96 bytes and there's no guaranteed lower limit. The machines[*] triggering it were running tests in a chroot, hence the long path.

So you should be able to reproduce this with
	longpath=foo/bar; # > 6 chars
	longpath=$longpath/$longpath/$longpath/$longpath; # > 24
	longpath=$longpath/$longpath/$longpath/$longpath; # > 96
	longpath=/tmp/$longpath/$longpath
	mkdir -p $longpath
	sh t0301-credential-cache.sh --root=$longpath

Ideas? --- [*] https://buildd.debian.org/status/logs.php?pkg=git&ver=1%3A1.7.9~rc0-1

 credential-cache.c |   18 +++++++++++++-----
 1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/credential-cache.c b/credential-cache.c
index dc98372e..fd9304e6 100644
--- a/credential-cache.c
+++ b/credential-cache.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ static void do_cache(const char *socket, const char *action, int timeout,
 
 int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
-	char *socket_path = NULL;
+	const char *socket_path = NULL;
 	int timeout = 900;
 	const char *op;
 	const char * const usage[] = {
@@ -102,10 +102,18 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv)
 		usage_with_options(usage, options);
 	op = argv[0];
 
-	if (!socket_path)
-		socket_path = expand_user_path("~/.git-credential-cache/socket");
-	if (!socket_path)
-		die("unable to find a suitable socket path; use --socket");
+	if (!socket_path) {
+		char *home = expand_user_path("~");
+		if (!home)
+			die("unable to find a suitable socket path; use --socket");
+
+		if (!chdir(home))
+			socket_path = ".git-credential-cache/socket";
+		else if (errno == ENOENT && !strcmp(op, "exit"))
+			return 0;
+		else
+			die("cannot enter home directory");
+	}
 
 	if (!strcmp(op, "exit"))
 		do_cache(socket_path, op, timeout, 0);
-- 
1.7.8.2
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Message 16 of 54 in “[PATCHv3 0/13] credential helpers”
  1. Jeff KingDec 10, 2011
  2. 01/13 test-lib: add test_config_global variantJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  3. 02/13 t5550: fix typoJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  4. 03/13 introduce credentials APIJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  5. Jakub NarebskiDec 10, 2011
  6. Jeff KingDec 10, 2011
  7. 04/13 credential: add function for parsing url componentsJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  8. 05/13 http: use credential API to get passwordsJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  9. 06/13 credential: apply helper configJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  10. 07/13 credential: add credential.*.usernameJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  11. 08/13 credential: make relevance of http path configurableJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  12. Jakub NarebskiDec 10, 2011
  13. Jeff KingDec 10, 2011
  14. 09/13 docs: end-user documentation for the credential subsystemJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  15. 10/13 credentials: add "cache" helperJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  16. Jonathan NiederJan 10, 2012
  17. Jeff KingJan 10, 2012
  18. Jeff KingJan 10, 2012
  19. Junio C HamanoJan 10, 2012
  20. Jeff KingJan 17, 2012
  21. Junio C HamanoJan 17, 2012
  22. Jonathan NiederJan 10, 2012
  23. Jeff KingJan 10, 2012
  24. Jonathan NiederJan 11, 2012
  25. Jeff KingJan 12, 2012
  26. 11/13 strbuf: add strbuf_add*_urlencodeJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  27. Jakub NarebskiDec 10, 2011
  28. Jeff KingDec 10, 2011
  29. 12/13 credentials: add "store" helperJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  30. 13/13 t: add test harness for external credential helpersJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  31. 0/9 echo characters in username promptJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  32. 1/9 imap-send: avoid buffer overflowJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  33. 2/9 imap-send: don't check return value of git_getpassJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  34. 3/9 move git_getpass to its own source fileJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  35. 4/9 refactor git_getpass into generic prompt functionJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  36. 5/9 add generic terminal prompt functionJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  37. Pete WyckoffDec 15, 2011
  38. Jeff KingDec 15, 2011
  39. Pete WyckoffDec 15, 2011
  40. 6/9 prompt: use git_terminal_promptJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  41. 7/9 credential: use git_prompt instead of git_getpassJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  42. 8/9 Makefile: linux has /dev/ttyJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  43. 9/9 Makefile: OS X has /dev/ttyJeff King, Dec 10, 2011
  44. 1/2 Makefile: Windows lacks /dev/ttyJohannes Sixt, Dec 12, 2011
  45. 2/2 Makefile: optionally exclude code that needs Unix socketsJohannes Sixt, Dec 12, 2011
  46. Jeff KingDec 12, 2011
  47. Junio C HamanoDec 12, 2011
  48. Junio C HamanoDec 13, 2011
  49. Jeff KingDec 13, 2011
  50. Johannes SixtDec 13, 2011
  51. Junio C HamanoDec 14, 2011
  52. Jeff KingDec 12, 2011
  53. Johannes SixtDec 12, 2011
  54. 1/1 contrib: add credential helper for OS X KeychainJeff King, Dec 10, 2011

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