wrap-job

#!/usr/bin/python
"""
Wrap a command, setuid/setgid, change directory to the reddit
code, and send output to syslog.

The following environment variables may be used to control
the environment the wrapped command runs in:

REDDIT_USER

    The user to run the job as. Defaults to "reddit".

REDDIT_GROUP

    The group to run the job as. Defaults to $REDDIT_USER.

REDDIT_ROOT

    The root directory of the reddit package. It's where the makefile lives.

REDDIT_LOG_FACILITY

    The syslog facility to write messages to.
"""

import os
import sys
import grp
import pwd
import syslog
import subprocess


CONSUMER_PREFIX = "reddit-consumer-"


# drop permissions
user = os.environ.get("REDDIT_USER", "reddit")
group = os.environ.get("REDDIT_GROUP", user)
uid = pwd.getpwnam(user).pw_uid
gid = grp.getgrnam(group).gr_gid
os.setgroups([])
os.setgid(gid)
os.setuid(uid)

# change directory to the reddit code root
root = os.environ.get("REDDIT_ROOT", "/opt/reddit/lib/public/r2")
os.chdir(root)

# configure syslog
job_name = os.environ.get("UPSTART_JOB", "-".join(sys.argv[1:]))
if job_name.startswith(CONSUMER_PREFIX):
    # consumers are a bit different from crons, while crons want an
    # ident of reddit-job-JOBNAME, we want consumers to have an ident
    # of CONSUMERNAME_INSTANCE
    job_name = (job_name[len(CONSUMER_PREFIX):] +
                "_" +
                os.environ.get("UPSTART_INSTANCE", ""))
facility = getattr(syslog, "LOG_" + os.environ.get("REDDIT_LOG_FACILITY", "CRON"))
syslog.openlog(ident=job_name, facility=facility)

# run the wrapped command
child = subprocess.Popen(sys.argv[1:],
                         stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
                         stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
                         bufsize=1)

# write out to syslog
while True:
    line = child.stdout.readline()

    if not line:
        break

    line = line.rstrip('\n')
    syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_NOTICE, line)
    print line

# our success depends on our child's success
child.wait()
sys.exit(child.returncode)