util.cpp

/* SLiM - Simple Login Manager
   Copyright (C) 2009 Eygene Ryabinkin <rea@codelabs.ru>

   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
   (at your option) any later version.
*/

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <unistd.h>

#include "util.h"

/*
 * Adds the given cookie to the specified Xauthority file.
 * Returns true on success, false on fault.
 */

bool Util::add_mcookie(const std::string &mcookie,
		       const char *display,
		       const std::string &xauth_cmd,
		       const std::string &authfile)
{
	FILE *fp;
	std::string cmd = xauth_cmd + " -f " + authfile + " -q";

	fp = popen(cmd.c_str(), "w");
	if (!fp)
		return false;
	fprintf(fp, "remove %s\n", display);
	fprintf(fp, "add %s %s %s\n", display, ".", mcookie.c_str());
	fprintf(fp, "exit\n");

	pclose(fp);
	return true;
}

/*
 * Interface for random number generator.  Just now it uses ordinary
 * random/srandom routines and serves as a wrapper for them.
 */

void Util::srandom(unsigned long seed)
{
	::srandom(seed);
}

long Util::random(void)
{
	return ::random();
}

/*
 * Makes seed for the srandom() using "random" values obtained from
 * getpid(), time(NULL) and others.
 */
long Util::makeseed(void)
{
	struct timespec ts;
	long pid = getpid();
	long tm = time(NULL);

	if (clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, &ts) != 0) {
		ts.tv_sec = ts.tv_nsec = 0;
	}

	return pid + tm + (ts.tv_sec ^ ts.tv_nsec);
}