Revert "shared/pager: add support for more(1) pager in secure mode"

This commit is contained in:
Luca Boccassi
2026-05-16 09:38:25 +09:00
committed by Yu Watanabe
parent ace3a7b500
commit c043b90187
3 changed files with 9 additions and 19 deletions
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@@ -264,9 +264,9 @@ REQUIREMENTS:
During runtime, you need the following additional
dependencies:
util-linux >= v2.42 required (including but not limited to: mount,
umount, swapon, swapoff, sulogin,
agetty, fsck, more)
util-linux >= v2.27.1 required (including but not limited to: mount,
umount, swapon, swapoff, sulogin,
agetty, fsck)
dbus >= 1.4.0 (strictly speaking optional, but recommended)
NOTE: If using dbus < 1.9.18, you should override the default
policy directory (--with-dbuspolicydir=/etc/dbus-1/system.d).
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@@ -190,14 +190,11 @@
allowing untrusted users to execute commands with elevated privileges.</para>
<para>This option takes a boolean argument. When set to true, the "secure mode" of the pager is
enabled. In "secure mode", <option>LESSSECURE=1</option> and <option>PAGERSECURE=1</option> will be set
when invoking the pager, which instructs the pager to disable commands that open or create new files or
start new subprocesses.
enabled. In "secure mode", <option>LESSSECURE=1</option> will be set when invoking the pager, which
instructs the pager to disable commands that open or create new files or start new subprocesses.
Currently only <citerefentry
project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>less</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> and
<citerefentry
project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>more</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> are known
to understand these variables, respectively, and implement "secure mode".</para>
project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>less</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> is known
to understand this variable and implement "secure mode".</para>
<para>When set to false, no limitation is placed on the pager. Setting
<varname>SYSTEMD_PAGERSECURE=0</varname> or not removing it from the inherited environment may allow
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@@ -206,13 +206,6 @@ void pager_open(PagerFlags flags) {
_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
/* Some pager implementations support the PAGERSECURE environment variable, e.g. more(1) */
r = set_unset_env("PAGERSECURE", use_secure_mode ? "1" : NULL, true);
if (r < 0) {
log_error_errno(r, "Failed to adjust environment variable PAGERSECURE: %m");
_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
}
if (trust_pager && pager_args) { /* The pager config might be set globally, and we cannot
* know if the user adjusted it to be appropriate for the
* secure mode. Thus, start the pager specified through
@@ -235,8 +228,8 @@ void pager_open(PagerFlags flags) {
static const char* pagers[] = { "pager", "less", "more", "(built-in)" };
for (unsigned i = 0; i < ELEMENTSOF(pagers); i++) {
/* Only less, more (and our trivial fallback) implement secure mode right now. */
if (use_secure_mode && !STR_IN_SET(pagers[i], "less", "more", "(built-in)"))
/* Only less (and our trivial fallback) implement secure mode right now. */
if (use_secure_mode && !STR_IN_SET(pagers[i], "less", "(built-in)"))
continue;
r = loop_write(exe_name_pipe[1], pagers[i], strlen(pagers[i]) + 1);