vtysh: add -u/--user flag to run commands without enable

Signed-off-by: Lou Berger <lberger@labn.net>

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/vtysh/vtysh_main.c b/vtysh/vtysh_main.c
index a3d2f95ec1..b5cc1d21d1 100644
--- a/vtysh/vtysh_main.c
+++ b/vtysh/vtysh_main.c
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ static char history_file[MAXPATHLEN];
 /* Flag for indicate executing child command. */
 int execute_flag = 0;
 
+/* Flag to indicate if in user/unprivileged mode. */
+int user_mode = 0;
+
 /* For sigsetjmp() & siglongjmp(). */
 static sigjmp_buf jmpbuf;
 
@@ -150,6 +153,7 @@ static void usage(int status)
 		       "    --vty_socket         Override vty socket path\n"
 		       "    --config_dir         Override config directory path\n"
 		       "-N  --pathspace          Insert prefix into config & socket paths\n"
+		       "-u  --user               Run as an unprivileged user\n"
 		       "-w, --writeconfig        Write integrated config (frr.conf) and exit\n"
 		       "-h, --help               Display this help and exit\n\n"
 		       "Note that multiple commands may be executed from the command\n"
@@ -180,6 +184,7 @@ struct option longopts[] = {
 	{"mark", no_argument, NULL, 'm'},
 	{"writeconfig", no_argument, NULL, 'w'},
 	{"pathspace", required_argument, NULL, 'N'},
+	{"user", no_argument, NULL, 'u'},
 	{0}};
 
 /* Read a string, and return a pointer to it.  Returns NULL on EOF. */
@@ -318,7 +323,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **env)
 
 	/* Option handling. */
 	while (1) {
-		opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, "be:c:d:nf:mEhCwN:", longopts, 0);
+		opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, "be:c:d:nf:mEhCwN:u", longopts, 0);
 
 		if (opt == EOF)
 			break;
@@ -375,6 +380,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **env)
 		case 'C':
 			dryrun = 1;
 			break;
+		case 'u':
+			user_mode = 1;
+			break;
 		case 'w':
 			writeconfig = 1;
 			break;
@@ -425,11 +433,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv, char **env)
 
 	vty_init_vtysh();
 
-	/* Read vtysh configuration file before connecting to daemons.
-	 * (file may not be readable to calling user in SUID mode) */
-	suid_on();
-	vtysh_read_config(vtysh_config);
-	suid_off();
+	if (!user_mode) {
+		/* Read vtysh configuration file before connecting to daemons.
+		 * (file may not be readable to calling user in SUID mode) */
+		suid_on();
+		vtysh_read_config(vtysh_config);
+		suid_off();
+	}
 
 	if (markfile) {
 		if (!inputfile) {