New -osirrox option auto_chmod_on

xorriso/xorriso.1

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 .\" First parameter, NAME, should be all caps
 .\" Second parameter, SECTION, should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection
 .\" other parameters are allowed: see man(7), man(1)
-.TH XORRISO 1 "Jun, 14, 2008"
+.TH XORRISO 1 "Jun, 20, 2008"
 .\" Please adjust this date whenever revising the manpage.
 .\"
 .\" Some roff macros, for reference:
@@ -1627,7 +1627,7 @@ If disk file objects already exist then the settings of -overwrite and
 of -overwrite "nondir". I.e. directories cannot be deleted.
 .br
 Access permissions of files in the ISO image do not restrict restoring.
-The permissions on disk have to allow writing, of course.
+The directory permissions on disk have to allow rwx.
 .TP
 \fB\-osirrox\fR "on"|"device_files"|"off"[:option:...]
 Setting "off" disables disk filesystem manipulations. This is the default
@@ -1647,10 +1647,13 @@ restored.
 .br
 Option "concat_split_on" is default. It enables restoring of split file
 directories as data files if the directory contains a complete collection
-of -cut_out part files.
+of -cut_out part files. With option "concat_split_off" such directories are
-.br
-With option "concat_split_off" such directories are
 handled like any other ISO image directory.
+.br
+Option "auto_chmod_off" is default. If "auto_chmod_on" is set then access
+restrictions for disk directories get circumvented if those directories
+are owned by the effective user who runs xorriso. This happens by temporarily
+granting rwx permission to the owner. It will not work with ACL restrictions.
 .TP
 \fB\-extract\fR iso_rr_path disk_path
 Restore the file objects at and underneath iso_rr_path to their corresponding
@@ -1927,6 +1930,8 @@ Adjust thresholds for verbosity, exit value and program abort
 Examples of input timestrings
 .br
 Incremental backup of a few directory trees
+.br
+Restore directory trees from a particular ISO session to disk
 .SS
 .B As superuser learn about available drives
 Consider to give rw permissions to those users or groups
@@ -2152,25 +2157,12 @@ on media and if the expected changes are much smaller than the full backup.
 An update run will probably save no time but last longer than a full backup.
 Another good reason may be given if read speed is much higher than write speed.
 .br 
-.br
 With \fBmount\fR option \fB"sbsector="\fR it is possible to access the session
 trees which represent the older backup versions. With CD media, Linux mount
 accepts session numbers directly by its option "session=".
 .br
 Multi-session media and most overwriteable media written by xorriso can tell
 the sbsector of a session by xorriso option -toc.
-Another way to keep track of incremental sessions is to
-set before writing a suitable path for xorriso option -session_log where
-the sbsector number gets recorded as the second word in each line.
-.br
-Independently of mount there is xorriso option \fB-osirrox on\fR which enables
-the builtin restore commands -extract, -cpx and others. They operate on the
-session eventually selected by option \fB-load\fR.
-.br
-\fBDo not write more than about 50 sessions\fR to one multi-session media.
-Theoretical limits are higher but in practice the media deteriorate more early.
-It might also be that your operating system has a session limit with mount.
-An overview of sessions is given by option -toc.
 .br
 Sessions on multi-session media are separated by several MB of unused blocks.
 So with small sessions the payload capacity can become substantially lower
@@ -2184,15 +2176,32 @@ get endangered by the new write operation, while the newest backup is
 stored safely on a different media.
 Always have a blank media ready to perform a full backup in case the update
 attempt fails due to insufficient remaining capacity.
-.br 
+.SS
-If you have enough re-useable media for a round-robin scheme then better do
+.B Restore directory trees from a particular ISO session to disk
-full backups with blank media each time. Blanking can be achieved by
+This is an alternative to mounting the media and using normal file operations.
-either a separate run:
 .br
-\fB$\fR xorriso -outdev /dev/sr0 -blank as_needed -eject all
+First check which backup sessions are on the media:
 .br
-or in the update run by using option -blank "as_needed" before
+\fB$\fR xorriso -outdev /dev/sr0 -toc
-option -update_r.
+.br
+Then load the desired session and copy the file trees to disk.
+Avoid to eventually create /home/thomas/restored without rwx-permission.
+.br
+\fB$\fR xorriso -load volid PROJECTS_MAIL_2008_06_19_205956 \\
+.br
+ -indev /dev/sr0 \\
+.br
+ -osirrox on:auto_chmod_on \\
+.br
+ -chmod u+rwx / \\
+.br
+ -extract /open_source_projects \\
+.br
+          /home/thomas/restored/open_source_projects \\
+.br
+ -extract /personal_mail /home/thomas/restored/personal_mail
+.br
+ -rollback_end
 .br
 .SH FILES
 .SS 

xorriso/xorriso.c

@@ -2835,6 +2835,7 @@ int Xorriso_new(struct XorrisO ** xorriso,char *progname, int flag)
  m->allow_graft_points= 0;
  m->allow_restore= 0;
  m->do_concat_split= 1;
+ m->do_auto_chmod= 0;
  m->dialog= 0;
  m->search_mode= 0;
  m->structured_search= 1;
@@ -3942,11 +3943,14 @@ int Xorriso_status(struct XorrisO *xorriso, char *filter, FILE *fp, int flag)
    Xorriso_status_result(xorriso,filter,fp,flag&2);
  }
 
- is_default= (xorriso->allow_restore==0 && xorriso->do_concat_split==1);
+ is_default= (xorriso->allow_restore==0 && xorriso->do_concat_split==1 &&
- sprintf(line,"-osirrox %s:%s\n",
+              xorriso->do_auto_chmod==0);
+ sprintf(line,"-osirrox %s:%s:%s\n",
          xorriso->allow_restore ? xorriso->allow_restore==2 ?
                                                  "device_files" : "on" : "off",
-         xorriso->do_concat_split ? "concat_split_on" : "concat_split_off");
+         xorriso->do_concat_split ? "concat_split_on" : "concat_split_off",
+         xorriso->do_auto_chmod ? "auto_chmod_on" : "auto_chmod_off"
+        );
  
  if(!(is_default && no_defaults))
    Xorriso_status_result(xorriso,filter,fp,flag&2);
@@ -7897,6 +7901,54 @@ int Xorriso_make_tmp_path(struct XorrisO *xorriso, char *orig_path,
  return(1);
 }
 
+
+int Xorriso_auto_chmod(struct XorrisO *xorriso, char *disk_path, int flag)
+{
+ int ret, is_link= 0;
+ char *path_pt, sfe[5*SfileadrL], link_target[SfileadrL];
+ mode_t mode, desired= S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IXUSR;
+ struct stat stbuf;
+
+ if(!xorriso->do_auto_chmod)
+   return(0);
+
+ path_pt= disk_path;
+ ret= lstat(path_pt, &stbuf);
+ if(ret==-1)
+   return(0);
+ if(S_ISLNK(stbuf.st_mode)) {
+   is_link= 1;
+   ret= stat(path_pt, &stbuf);
+   if(ret==-1)
+     return(0);
+ }
+ if(!S_ISDIR(stbuf.st_mode))
+   return(0);
+ if(is_link) {
+   ret= Xorriso_resolve_link(xorriso, path_pt, link_target, 0);
+   if(ret<=0)
+     return(ret);
+   path_pt= link_target;
+ }
+ if(stbuf.st_uid!=geteuid())
+   return(0);
+ if((stbuf.st_mode & desired) == desired)
+   return(0);
+
+ mode= (stbuf.st_mode | desired) & 07777;
+ ret= chmod(path_pt, mode);
+ if(ret==-1) {
+   sprintf(xorriso->info_text,
+           "Cannot change access permissions of disk directory: chmod %o %s",
+           mode & 07777, Text_shellsafe(path_pt, sfe, 0));
+   Xorriso_msgs_submit(xorriso, 0, xorriso->info_text, errno, "SORRY", 0);
+ }
+ ret= Permstack_push(&(xorriso->perm_stack), path_pt, &stbuf, 0);
+ if(ret<=0)
+   return(ret);
+ return(1);
+}
+
  
 /* ---------------------------- Options API ------------------------ */
 
@@ -10884,6 +10936,10 @@ int Xorriso_option_osirrox(struct XorrisO *xorriso, char *mode, int flag)
      xorriso->do_concat_split= 1;
    else if(strncmp(cpt, "concat_split_off", l)==0)
      xorriso->do_concat_split= 0;
+   else if(strncmp(cpt, "auto_chmod_on", l)==0)
+     xorriso->do_auto_chmod= 1;
+   else if(strncmp(cpt, "auto_chmod_off", l)==0)
+     xorriso->do_auto_chmod= 0;
    else {
 unknown_mode:;
      sprintf(xorriso->info_text, "-osirrox: unknown mode '%s'", cpt);
@@ -10892,7 +10948,7 @@ unknown_mode:;
    }
  }
  sprintf(xorriso->info_text,
-         "%s copying of file objects from ISO image to disk filesystem\n",
+         "Copying of file objects from ISO image to disk filesystem is: %s\n",
          xorriso->allow_restore ? "Enabled" : "Disabled");
  Xorriso_info(xorriso, 0);
  return(1);

xorriso/xorriso_private.h

@@ -164,6 +164,9 @@ struct XorrisO { /* the global context of xorriso */
  int do_concat_split;  /* 1= restore complete split file directories as
                              regular files
                         */
+ int do_auto_chmod;    /* 1= eventually temporarily open access permissions
+                             of self-owned directories during restore
+                        */
 
  int dialog;
 
@@ -428,6 +431,9 @@ int Xorriso_make_tmp_path(struct XorrisO *xorriso, char *orig_path,
 int Xorriso_reassure_restore(struct XorrisO *xorriso, char *path, int flag);
 
 
+int Xorriso_auto_chmod(struct XorrisO *xorriso, char *disk_path, int flag);
+
+
 int Sfile_str(char target[SfileadrL], char *source, int flag);
 
 double Sfile_microtime(int flag);

xorriso/xorriso_timestamp.h

@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define Xorriso_timestamP "2008.06.19.092858"
+#define Xorriso_timestamP "2008.06.20.091647"

xorriso/xorrisoburn.c

@@ -3047,9 +3047,7 @@ much_too_long:;
      goto was_problem;
 
    if(stbuf_ret!=-1) { /* (Can only happen with directory) */
-
+     Xorriso_auto_chmod(xorriso, disk_path, 0);
-     /* ??? >>> eventually open access to existing directory ? */;
-
    } else {
      hflag= 4 | (flag & (2|64));
      if(source_is_dir && !do_not_dive)
@@ -3237,9 +3235,7 @@ int Xorriso_restore(struct XorrisO *xorriso,
      }
      new_dir_made= 1;
    } else if(source_is_dir && !source_is_split) {
-
+     Xorriso_auto_chmod(xorriso, disk_path, 0);
-     /* >>> If owner: eventually try to obtain rwx-permssions, stack path */;
-
    }
    if(done) {
 attach_source:;