package nexgb /* auth.go contains functions to facilitate the parsing of .Xauthority files. It is largely unmodified from the original XGB package that I forked. */ import ( "encoding/binary" "errors" "io" "os" ) // readAuthority reads the X authority file for the DISPLAY. // If hostname == "" or hostname == "localhost", // then use the system's hostname (as returned by os.Hostname) instead. func readAuthority(hostname, display string) ( name string, data []byte, err error) { // b is a scratch buffer to use and should be at least 256 bytes long // (i.e. it should be able to hold a hostname). b := make([]byte, 256) // As per /usr/include/X11/Xauth.h. const familyLocal = 256 const familyWild = 65535 if len(hostname) == 0 || hostname == "localhost" { hostname, err = os.Hostname() if err != nil { return "", nil, err } } fname := os.Getenv("XAUTHORITY") if len(fname) == 0 { home := os.Getenv("HOME") if len(home) == 0 { err = errors.New("Xauthority not found: $XAUTHORITY, $HOME not set") return "", nil, err } fname = home + "/.Xauthority" } r, err := os.Open(fname) if err != nil { return "", nil, err } defer r.Close() for { var family uint16 if err := binary.Read(r, binary.BigEndian, &family); err != nil { return "", nil, err } addr, err := getString(r, b) if err != nil { return "", nil, err } disp, err := getString(r, b) if err != nil { return "", nil, err } name0, err := getString(r, b) if err != nil { return "", nil, err } data0, err := getBytes(r, b) if err != nil { return "", nil, err } addrmatch := (family == familyWild) || (family == familyLocal && addr == hostname) dispmatch := (disp == "") || (disp == display) if addrmatch && dispmatch { return name0, data0, nil } } panic("unreachable") } func getBytes(r io.Reader, b []byte) ([]byte, error) { var n uint16 if err := binary.Read(r, binary.BigEndian, &n); err != nil { return nil, err } else if n > uint16(len(b)) { return nil, errors.New("bytes too long for buffer") } if _, err := io.ReadFull(r, b[0:n]); err != nil { return nil, err } return b[0:n], nil } func getString(r io.Reader, b []byte) (string, error) { b, err := getBytes(r, b) if err != nil { return "", err } return string(b), nil }