This file is indexed.

/usr/lib/news/bin/mod-active is in inn2 2.5.2+20110413-1build1.

This file is owned by root:root, with mode 0o755.

The actual contents of the file can be viewed below.

  1
  2
  3
  4
  5
  6
  7
  8
  9
 10
 11
 12
 13
 14
 15
 16
 17
 18
 19
 20
 21
 22
 23
 24
 25
 26
 27
 28
 29
 30
 31
 32
 33
 34
 35
 36
 37
 38
 39
 40
 41
 42
 43
 44
 45
 46
 47
 48
 49
 50
 51
 52
 53
 54
 55
 56
 57
 58
 59
 60
 61
 62
 63
 64
 65
 66
 67
 68
 69
 70
 71
 72
 73
 74
 75
 76
 77
 78
 79
 80
 81
 82
 83
 84
 85
 86
 87
 88
 89
 90
 91
 92
 93
 94
 95
 96
 97
 98
 99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
#! /usr/bin/perl -w
use lib '/usr/share/perl5'; use INN::Config;

# $Id: mod-active.in 8203 2008-12-02 17:18:23Z iulius $
# batch-active-update
# Author: David Lawrence <tale@isc.org>

# Reads a series of ctlinnd newgroup/rmgroup/changegroup commands, such as
# is output by docheckgroups and actsync, and efficiently handles them all at
# once.  Input can come from command-line files or stdin, a la awk/sed.

$oldact = $INN::Config::active;         # active file location
$newact = "$oldact.new$$";              # temporary name for new active file
$actime = $INN::Config::activetimes;    # active.times file
$pausemsg = 'batch active update, ok';  # message to be used for pausing?
$diff_flags = '';                       # flags for diff(1); default chosen if null
$changes = 0;                           # number of changes to do

$0 =~ s#^.*/##;

die "$0: must run as $INN::Config::newsuser user"
  unless $> == (getpwnam($INN::Config::newsuser))[2];

$debug = -t STDOUT ? 1 : 0;

$| = 1;                # show output as it happens (for an rsh/ssh pipe)

# Guess at best flags for a condensed diff listing.  The
# checks for alternative operating systems is incomplete.
unless ($diff_flags) {
  if (`diff -v 2>&1` =~ /GNU/) {
    $diff_flags = '-U0';
  } elsif ($^O =~ /^(dec_osf|solaris)$/) {
    $diff_flags = '-C0';
  } elsif ($^O eq 'nextstep') {
    $diff_flags = '-c0';
  } else {
    $diff_flags = '-c';
  }
}

print "reading list of groups to update\n" if $debug;

$eval  = "while (<OLDACT>) {\n";
$eval .= "  \$group = (split)[0];\n";

while (<>) {
  if (/^\s*\S*ctlinnd newgroup (\S+) (\S+)/) {
    $toadd{$1} = $2;
    $changes++;
  } elsif (/^\s*\S*ctlinnd rmgroup (\S+)/) {
    $eval .= "  next if \$group eq '$1';\n";
    $changes++;
  } elsif (/^\s*\S*ctlinnd changegroup (\S+) (\S+)/) {
    $eval .= "  s/ \\S+\$/ $2/ if \$group eq '$1';\n";
    $changes++;
  }
}

$eval .= "  delete \$toadd{\$group};\n";
$eval .= "  if (!print(NEWACT \$_)) {\n";
$eval .= "    die \"\$0: writing \$newact failed (\$!), aborting\\n\";\n";
$eval .= "  }\n";
$eval .= "}\n";

if ($changes == 0) {
    print "active file not changed\n" if $debug;
    exit 0;
}

print "$changes change(s) to do\n" if $debug;

&ctlinnd("pause $pausemsg");

open(OLDACT, "< $oldact") || die "$0: open $oldact: $!\n";
open(NEWACT, "> $newact") || die "$0: open $newact: $!\n";

print "rewriting active file\n" if $debug;
eval $eval;
for (sort keys %toadd) {
  $add = "$_ 0000000000 0000000001 $toadd{$_}\n";
  if (!print(NEWACT $add)) {
    &ctlinnd("go $pausemsg");
    die "$0: writing $newact failed ($!), aborting\n";
  }
}

close(OLDACT) || warn "$0: close $oldact: $!\n";
close(NEWACT) || warn "$0: close $newact: $!\n";

if (!rename("$oldact", "$oldact.old")) {
  warn "$0: rename $oldact $oldact.old: $!\n";
}

if (!rename("$newact", "$oldact")) {
  die "$0: rename $newact $oldact: $!\n";
}

&ctlinnd("reload active 'updated from checkgroups'");
system("diff $diff_flags $oldact.old $oldact");
&ctlinnd("go $pausemsg");

print "updating $actime\n" if $debug;
if (open(TIMES, ">> $actime")) {
  $time = time;
  for (sort keys %toadd) {
    print TIMES "$_ $time checkgroups-update\n" || last;
  }
  close(TIMES) || warn "$0: close $actime: $!\n";
} else {
  warn "$0: $actime not updated: $!\n";
}

print "chmoding active files\n" if $debug;
if (! chmod 0664, $oldact, "$oldact.old", $actime) {
  warn "$0: chmod $oldact $oldact.old $actime: $!\n";
}

exit 0;

sub
ctlinnd
{
  local($command) = @_;

  print "ctlinnd $command\n" if $debug;
  if (system("$INN::Config::newsbin/ctlinnd -s $command")) {
    die "$0: \"$command\" failed, aborting\n";
  }
}