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tailscale/ssh/tailssh/incubator_linux.go
Will Norris 3ec5be3f51 all: remove AUTHORS file and references to it
This file was never truly necessary and has never actually been used in
the history of Tailscale's open source releases.

A Brief History of AUTHORS files
---

The AUTHORS file was a pattern developed at Google, originally for
Chromium, then adopted by Go and a bunch of other projects. The problem
was that Chromium originally had a copyright line only recognizing
Google as the copyright holder. Because Google (and most open source
projects) do not require copyright assignemnt for contributions, each
contributor maintains their copyright. Some large corporate contributors
then tried to add their own name to the copyright line in the LICENSE
file or in file headers. This quickly becomes unwieldy, and puts a
tremendous burden on anyone building on top of Chromium, since the
license requires that they keep all copyright lines intact.

The compromise was to create an AUTHORS file that would list all of the
copyright holders. The LICENSE file and source file headers would then
include that list by reference, listing the copyright holder as "The
Chromium Authors".

This also become cumbersome to simply keep the file up to date with a
high rate of new contributors. Plus it's not always obvious who the
copyright holder is. Sometimes it is the individual making the
contribution, but many times it may be their employer. There is no way
for the proejct maintainer to know.

Eventually, Google changed their policy to no longer recommend trying to
keep the AUTHORS file up to date proactively, and instead to only add to
it when requested: https://opensource.google/docs/releasing/authors.
They are also clear that:

> Adding contributors to the AUTHORS file is entirely within the
> project's discretion and has no implications for copyright ownership.

It was primarily added to appease a small number of large contributors
that insisted that they be recognized as copyright holders (which was
entirely their right to do). But it's not truly necessary, and not even
the most accurate way of identifying contributors and/or copyright
holders.

In practice, we've never added anyone to our AUTHORS file. It only lists
Tailscale, so it's not really serving any purpose. It also causes
confusion because Tailscalars put the "Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS" header
in other open source repos which don't actually have an AUTHORS file, so
it's ambiguous what that means.

Instead, we just acknowledge that the contributors to Tailscale (whoever
they are) are copyright holders for their individual contributions. We
also have the benefit of using the DCO (developercertificate.org) which
provides some additional certification of their right to make the
contribution.

The source file changes were purely mechanical with:

    git ls-files | xargs sed -i -e 's/\(Tailscale Inc &\) AUTHORS/\1 contributors/g'

Updates #cleanup

Change-Id: Ia101a4a3005adb9118051b3416f5a64a4a45987d
Signed-off-by: Will Norris <will@tailscale.com>
2026-01-23 15:49:45 -08:00

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// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
//go:build linux && !android
package tailssh
import (
"context"
"fmt"
"os"
"syscall"
"time"
"unsafe"
"github.com/godbus/dbus/v5"
"tailscale.com/types/logger"
)
func init() {
ptyName = ptyNameLinux
maybeStartLoginSession = maybeStartLoginSessionLinux
}
func ptyNameLinux(f *os.File) (string, error) {
var n uint32
_, _, e := syscall.Syscall(syscall.SYS_IOCTL, f.Fd(), syscall.TIOCGPTN, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&n)))
if e != 0 {
return "", e
}
return fmt.Sprintf("pts/%d", n), nil
}
// callLogin1 invokes the provided method of the "login1" service over D-Bus.
// https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/org.freedesktop.login1.html
func callLogin1(method string, flags dbus.Flags, args ...any) (*dbus.Call, error) {
conn, err := dbus.SystemBus()
if err != nil {
// DBus probably not running.
return nil, err
}
ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second)
defer cancel()
name, objectPath := "org.freedesktop.login1", "/org/freedesktop/login1"
obj := conn.Object(name, dbus.ObjectPath(objectPath))
call := obj.CallWithContext(ctx, method, flags, args...)
if call.Err != nil {
return nil, call.Err
}
return call, nil
}
// createSessionArgs is a wrapper struct for the Login1.Manager.CreateSession args.
// The CreateSession API arguments and response types are defined here:
// https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/org.freedesktop.login1.html
type createSessionArgs struct {
uid uint32 // User ID being logged in.
pid uint32 // Process ID for the session, 0 means current process.
service string // Service creating the session.
typ string // Type of login (oneof unspecified, tty, x11).
class string // Type of session class (oneof user, greeter, lock-screen).
desktop string // the desktop environment.
seat string // the seat this session belongs to, empty otherwise.
vtnr uint32 // the virtual terminal number of the session if there is any, 0 otherwise.
tty string // the kernel TTY path of the session if this is a text login, empty otherwise.
display string // the X11 display name if this is a graphical login, empty otherwise.
remote bool // whether the session is remote.
remoteUser string // the remote user if this is a remote session, empty otherwise.
remoteHost string // the remote host if this is a remote session, empty otherwise.
properties []struct { // This is unused and exists just to make the marshaling work
S string
V dbus.Variant
}
}
func (a createSessionArgs) args() []any {
return []any{
a.uid,
a.pid,
a.service,
a.typ,
a.class,
a.desktop,
a.seat,
a.vtnr,
a.tty,
a.display,
a.remote,
a.remoteUser,
a.remoteHost,
a.properties,
}
}
// createSessionResp is a wrapper struct for the Login1.Manager.CreateSession response.
// The CreateSession API arguments and response types are defined here:
// https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/org.freedesktop.login1.html
type createSessionResp struct {
sessionID string
objectPath dbus.ObjectPath
runtimePath string
fifoFD dbus.UnixFD
uid uint32
seatID string
vtnr uint32
existing bool // whether a new session was created.
}
// createSession creates a tty user login session for the provided uid.
func createSession(uid uint32, remoteUser, remoteHost, tty string) (createSessionResp, error) {
a := createSessionArgs{
uid: uid,
service: "tailscaled",
typ: "tty",
class: "user",
tty: tty,
remote: true,
remoteUser: remoteUser,
remoteHost: remoteHost,
}
call, err := callLogin1("org.freedesktop.login1.Manager.CreateSession", 0, a.args()...)
if err != nil {
return createSessionResp{}, err
}
return createSessionResp{
sessionID: call.Body[0].(string),
objectPath: call.Body[1].(dbus.ObjectPath),
runtimePath: call.Body[2].(string),
fifoFD: call.Body[3].(dbus.UnixFD),
uid: call.Body[4].(uint32),
seatID: call.Body[5].(string),
vtnr: call.Body[6].(uint32),
existing: call.Body[7].(bool),
}, nil
}
// releaseSession releases the session identified by sessionID.
func releaseSession(sessionID string) error {
// https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/org.freedesktop.login1.html
_, err := callLogin1("org.freedesktop.login1.Manager.ReleaseSession", dbus.FlagNoReplyExpected, sessionID)
return err
}
// maybeStartLoginSessionLinux is the linux implementation of maybeStartLoginSession.
func maybeStartLoginSessionLinux(dlogf logger.Logf, ia incubatorArgs) func() error {
if os.Geteuid() != 0 {
return nil
}
dlogf("starting session for user %d", ia.uid)
// The only way we can actually start a new session is if we are
// running outside one and are root, which is typically the case
// for systemd managed tailscaled.
resp, err := createSession(uint32(ia.uid), ia.remoteUser, ia.remoteIP, ia.ttyName)
if err != nil {
// TODO(maisem): figure out if we are running in a session.
// We can look at the DBus GetSessionByPID API.
// https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/org.freedesktop.login1.html
// For now best effort is fine.
dlogf("ssh: failed to CreateSession for user %q (%d) %v", ia.localUser, ia.uid, err)
return nil
}
os.Setenv("DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS", fmt.Sprintf("unix:path=%v/bus", resp.runtimePath))
if !resp.existing {
return func() error {
return releaseSession(resp.sessionID)
}
}
return nil
}