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Turn on transactions for your environment.
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the logging subsystem is also initialized. Also, note that
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if you do not initialize transactions when you first create
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your environment, then you cannot use transactions for that
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environment after that. This is because DB
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allocates certain structures needed for transactional
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locking that are not available if the environment is
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created without transactional support.
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to perform deadlock detection. See <a class="xref" href="txnconcurrency.html" title="Chapter 4. Concurrency">Concurrency</a>
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flag to the
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Initialize the logging subsystem. While this is enabled by
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default for transactional applications, we suggest that
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you explicitly initialize it anyway for the purposes of code readability. The logging
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subsystem is what provides your transactional application its durability guarantee, and it is required for
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recoverability purposes. See <a class="xref" href="filemanagement.html" title="Chapter 5. Managing DB Files">Managing DB Files</a>
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flag to the
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encapsulating the database open in a transaction.
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transaction-protect the database open. To use auto-commit, you
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must still enable transactions as described here, but you do
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not have to explicitly use a transaction when you open your
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database. An example of this is given in the next section.
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order to transaction protect your database operations, you must use an
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An <span class="emphasis"><em>environment</em></span>, represents an
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encapsulation of one or more databases and any associated log and
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region files. They are used to support multi-threaded
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and multi-process applications by allowing different threads of
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control to share the in-memory cache, the locking tables, the
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logging subsystem, and the file namespace. By sharing these things,
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your concurrent application is more efficient than if each thread
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of control had to manage these resources on its own.
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By default all DB databases are backed by files on disk. In
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addition to these files, transactional DB applications create
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logs that are also by default stored on disk (they can optionally
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be backed using shared memory). Finally, transactional
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DB applications also create and use shared-memory regions that
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are also typically backed by the filesystem. But like databases and
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logs, the regions can be maintained strictly in-memory if your
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application requires it. For an example of an application that
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manages all environment files in-memory, see
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<span><a class="xref" href="inmem_txnexample_c.html" title="In-Memory Transaction Example">In-Memory Transaction Example</a>.</span>
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result in log file corruption. This can occur if the operating
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<a href="../../programmer_reference/transapp_journal.html" class="olink">Using
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Recovery on Journaling Filesystems</a>
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in the <em class="citetitle">Berkeley DB Programmer's Reference Guide</em> for more information.
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locate its database files, log files, and region files. If these
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are stored in the filesystem, then you must tell DB where
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they are located (a number of mechanisms exist that allow you to
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identify the location of these files – see below). Otherwise,
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by default they are located in the current working directory.
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<h4 class="title"><a id="envhome"></a>Specifying the Environment Home Directory</h4>
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then the directory identified by the <code class="literal">DB_HOME</code> environment variable
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is used <span class="emphasis"><em>if</em></span> you specify
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either the <code class="literal">DB_USE_ENVIRON</code> or
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<code class="literal">DB_USE_ENVIRON_ROOT</code> flags to the
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<code class="methodname">DB_ENV->open()</code>
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method. Both flags allow you to identify the
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using the <code class="literal">DB_HOME</code> environment variable. However,
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<code class="literal">DB_USE_ENVIRON_ROOT</code> is honored only if the
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process is run with root or administrative privileges.
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home directory. For example, suppose your environment home is in
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name your database, then that file is <span class="emphasis"><em>not</em></span>
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placed relative to the environment home directory. Instead, it
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<h4 class="title"><a id="splittingdata"></a>Identifying Specific File Locations</h4>
|
|||
|
</div>
|
|||
|
</div>
|
|||
|
</div>
|
|||
|
<p>
|
|||
|
As described in the previous sections, DB will place all its
|
|||
|
files in or relative to the environment home directory.
|
|||
|
You can also cause a
|
|||
|
specific database file to be placed in a particular location by
|
|||
|
using an absolute path name for its name. In this
|
|||
|
situation, the environment's home directory is not
|
|||
|
considered when naming the file.
|
|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
<p>
|
|||
|
It is frequently desirable to place database, log, and region files on separate
|
|||
|
disk drives. By spreading I/O across multiple drives, you
|
|||
|
can increase parallelism and improve throughput.
|
|||
|
Additionally, by placing log files and database files on
|
|||
|
separate drives, you improve your application's
|
|||
|
reliability by providing your application with a greater
|
|||
|
chance of surviving a disk failure.
|
|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
<p>
|
|||
|
You can cause DB's files to be placed in specific
|
|||
|
locations using the following mechanisms:
|
|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
<div class="informaltable">
|
|||
|
<table border="1" width="80%">
|
|||
|
<colgroup>
|
|||
|
<col />
|
|||
|
<col />
|
|||
|
</colgroup>
|
|||
|
<thead>
|
|||
|
<tr>
|
|||
|
<th>File Type</th>
|
|||
|
<th>To Override</th>
|
|||
|
</tr>
|
|||
|
</thead>
|
|||
|
<tbody>
|
|||
|
<tr>
|
|||
|
<td>database files</td>
|
|||
|
<td>
|
|||
|
<p>
|
|||
|
You can cause database files to be created
|
|||
|
in a directory other than the
|
|||
|
environment home by using the
|
|||
|
<code class="methodname">DB_ENV->set_data_dir()</code>
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
method.
|
|||
|
The directory identified
|
|||
|
here must exist. If a relative path is
|
|||
|
provided, then the directory location is
|
|||
|
resolved relative to the environment's home
|
|||
|
directory.
|
|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
<p>
|
|||
|
This method modifies the directory
|
|||
|
used for database files created and managed by
|
|||
|
a single environment handle; it does not
|
|||
|
configure the entire environment.
|
|||
|
<span>This
|
|||
|
method may not be called after the
|
|||
|
environment has been opened.
|
|||
|
</span>
|
|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
<p>
|
|||
|
You can also set a default data location that is used by
|
|||
|
the entire environment by using the
|
|||
|
<code class="literal">set_data_dir</code> parameter
|
|||
|
in the environment's <code class="literal">DB_CONFIG</code> file.
|
|||
|
Note that the <code class="literal">set_data_dir</code>
|
|||
|
parameter overrides any value set by the
|
|||
|
<code class="methodname">DB_ENV->set_data_dir()</code>
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
method.
|
|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
</td>
|
|||
|
</tr>
|
|||
|
<tr>
|
|||
|
<td>Log files</td>
|
|||
|
<td>
|
|||
|
<p>
|
|||
|
You can cause log files to be created
|
|||
|
in a directory other than the environment home
|
|||
|
directory by using the
|
|||
|
<code class="methodname">DB_ENV->set_lg_dir()</code>
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
method. The directory identified
|
|||
|
here must exist. If a relative path is
|
|||
|
provided, then the directory location is
|
|||
|
resolved relative to the environment's home
|
|||
|
directory.
|
|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
<p>
|
|||
|
This method modifies the directory
|
|||
|
used for database files created and managed by
|
|||
|
a single environment handle; it does not
|
|||
|
configure the entire environment.
|
|||
|
<span>This
|
|||
|
method may not be called after the
|
|||
|
environment has been opened.
|
|||
|
</span>
|
|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
<p>
|
|||
|
You can also set a default log file location that is used by
|
|||
|
the entire environment by using the
|
|||
|
<code class="literal">set_lg_dir</code> parameter
|
|||
|
in the environment's <code class="literal">DB_CONFIG</code> file.
|
|||
|
Note that the <code class="literal">set_lg_dir</code>
|
|||
|
parameter overrides any value set by the
|
|||
|
<code class="methodname">DB_ENV->set_lg_dir()</code>
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
method.
|
|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
</td>
|
|||
|
</tr>
|
|||
|
<tr>
|
|||
|
<td>Region files</td>
|
|||
|
<td>
|
|||
|
If backed by the filesystem, region
|
|||
|
files are always placed in the environment home
|
|||
|
directory.
|
|||
|
</td>
|
|||
|
</tr>
|
|||
|
</tbody>
|
|||
|
</table>
|
|||
|
</div>
|
|||
|
<p>
|
|||
|
Note that the <code class="literal">DB_CONFIG</code> must reside in the
|
|||
|
environment home directory. Parameters are specified in it one
|
|||
|
parameter to a line. Each parameter is followed by a space,
|
|||
|
which is followed by the parameter value. For example:
|
|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
<pre class="programlisting"> set_data_dir /export1/db/env_data_files </pre>
|
|||
|
</div>
|
|||
|
</div>
|
|||
|
<div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
|
|||
|
<div class="titlepage">
|
|||
|
<div>
|
|||
|
<div>
|
|||
|
<h3 class="title"><a id="errorsupport"></a>Error Support</h3>
|
|||
|
</div>
|
|||
|
</div>
|
|||
|
</div>
|
|||
|
<p>
|
|||
|
To simplify error handling and to aid in application debugging, environments offer several useful
|
|||
|
methods.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
<span>Note that many of these
|
|||
|
methods are identical to the error handling methods available for the
|
|||
|
<span>DB</span>
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
<span>structure.</span>
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
</span>
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
They are:
|
|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
<div class="itemizedlist">
|
|||
|
<ul type="disc">
|
|||
|
<li>
|
|||
|
<p>
|
|||
|
<code class="methodname">set_errcall()</code>
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
<p>
|
|||
|
Defines the function that is called when an error message is
|
|||
|
issued by DB. The error prefix and message are passed to
|
|||
|
this callback. It is up to the application to display this
|
|||
|
information correctly.
|
|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
<p>
|
|||
|
This is the recommended way to get error messages from
|
|||
|
DB.
|
|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
</li>
|
|||
|
<li>
|
|||
|
<p>
|
|||
|
<code class="methodname">set_errfile()</code>
|
|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
<p>
|
|||
|
Sets the C library <code class="literal">FILE *</code> to be used for
|
|||
|
displaying error messages issued by the DB library.
|
|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
</li>
|
|||
|
<li>
|
|||
|
<p>
|
|||
|
<code class="methodname">set_errpfx()</code>
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
<p>
|
|||
|
Sets the prefix used to for any error messages issued by the
|
|||
|
DB library.
|
|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
</li>
|
|||
|
<li>
|
|||
|
<p>
|
|||
|
<code class="methodname">err()</code>
|
|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
<p>
|
|||
|
Issues an error message based upon a DB error code a message text that you supply.
|
|||
|
The error message is sent to the
|
|||
|
callback function as defined by <code class="methodname">set_errcall()</code>.
|
|||
|
If that method has not been used, then the error message is sent to the
|
|||
|
file defined by
|
|||
|
<span><code class="methodname">set_errfile()</code>.</span>
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
If none of these methods have been used, then the error message is sent to
|
|||
|
standard error.
|
|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
<p>
|
|||
|
The error message consists of the prefix string
|
|||
|
(as defined by <code class="methodname">set_errprefix()</code>),
|
|||
|
an optional <code class="literal">printf</code>-style formatted message,
|
|||
|
the DB error message associated with the supplied error code,
|
|||
|
and a trailing newline.
|
|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
</li>
|
|||
|
<li>
|
|||
|
<p>
|
|||
|
<code class="methodname">errx()</code>
|
|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
<p>
|
|||
|
Behaves identically to <code class="methodname">err()</code> except
|
|||
|
that you do not provide the DB error code and so
|
|||
|
the DB message text is not displayed.
|
|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
</li>
|
|||
|
</ul>
|
|||
|
</div>
|
|||
|
<p>
|
|||
|
In addition, you can use the <code class="function">db_strerror()</code>
|
|||
|
function to directly return the error string that corresponds to a
|
|||
|
particular error number. For more information on the
|
|||
|
<code class="function">db_strerror()</code> function, see the <code class="literal">Error Returns</code>
|
|||
|
section of the <em class="citetitle">Getting Started with Berkeley DB</em> guide.
|
|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
</div>
|
|||
|
<div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
|
|||
|
<div class="titlepage">
|
|||
|
<div>
|
|||
|
<div>
|
|||
|
<h3 class="title"><a id="sharedmemory"></a>Shared Memory Regions</h3>
|
|||
|
</div>
|
|||
|
</div>
|
|||
|
</div>
|
|||
|
<p>
|
|||
|
The subsystems that you enable for an environment (in our case,
|
|||
|
transaction, logging, locking, and the memory pool)
|
|||
|
are described by one or more regions. The regions contain all of the
|
|||
|
state information that needs to be shared among threads and/or
|
|||
|
processes using the environment.
|
|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
<p>
|
|||
|
Regions may be backed by the file system, by heap memory, or by
|
|||
|
system shared memory.
|
|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
<div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
|
|||
|
<div class="titlepage">
|
|||
|
<div>
|
|||
|
<div>
|
|||
|
<h4 class="title"><a id="filebackedregions"></a>Regions Backed by Files</h4>
|
|||
|
</div>
|
|||
|
</div>
|
|||
|
</div>
|
|||
|
<p>
|
|||
|
By default, shared memory regions are created as files in the environment's
|
|||
|
home directory (<span class="emphasis"><em>not</em></span> the environment's data
|
|||
|
directory). If it is available, the POSIX <code class="literal">mmap</code>
|
|||
|
interface is used to map these files into your application's
|
|||
|
address space. If <code class="literal">mmap</code>
|
|||
|
is not available, then the UNIX <code class="literal">shmget</code> interfaces
|
|||
|
are used instead (again, if they are available).
|
|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
<p>
|
|||
|
In this default case, the region files are named
|
|||
|
<code class="literal">__db.###</code>
|
|||
|
(for example, <code class="literal">__db.001</code>, <code class="literal">__db.002</code>,
|
|||
|
and so on).
|
|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
</div>
|
|||
|
<div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
|
|||
|
<div class="titlepage">
|
|||
|
<div>
|
|||
|
<div>
|
|||
|
<h4 class="title"><a id="heapbackedregions"></a>Regions Backed by Heap Memory</h4>
|
|||
|
</div>
|
|||
|
</div>
|
|||
|
</div>
|
|||
|
<p>
|
|||
|
If heap memory is used to back your shared memory regions, then
|
|||
|
you can only open a single handle for the environment. This
|
|||
|
means that the environment cannot be accessed by multiple
|
|||
|
processes. In this case, the regions are managed only in
|
|||
|
memory, and they are not written to the filesystem. You
|
|||
|
indicate that heap memory is to be used for the region files by
|
|||
|
specifying
|
|||
|
<span>
|
|||
|
<code class="literal">DB_PRIVATE</code> to the
|
|||
|
<code class="methodname">DB_ENV->open()</code>
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
method.
|
|||
|
</span>
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
<p>
|
|||
|
Note that you can also set this flag by using the
|
|||
|
<code class="literal">set_open_flags</code> parameter in the
|
|||
|
<code class="literal">DB_CONFIG</code> file. See the
|
|||
|
<em class="citetitle">Berkeley DB C API Reference Guide</em> for more information.
|
|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
<p>
|
|||
|
(For an example of an entirely in-memory transactional
|
|||
|
application, see
|
|||
|
<span>
|
|||
|
<a class="xref" href="inmem_txnexample_c.html" title="In-Memory Transaction Example">In-Memory Transaction Example</a>.)
|
|||
|
</span>
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
</div>
|
|||
|
<div class="sect3" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
|
|||
|
<div class="titlepage">
|
|||
|
<div>
|
|||
|
<div>
|
|||
|
<h4 class="title"><a id="systembackedregions"></a>Regions Backed by System Memory</h4>
|
|||
|
</div>
|
|||
|
</div>
|
|||
|
</div>
|
|||
|
<p>
|
|||
|
Finally, you can cause system memory to be used for your
|
|||
|
regions instead of memory-mapped files. You do this by providing
|
|||
|
<span>
|
|||
|
<code class="literal">DB_SYSTEM_MEM</code> to the
|
|||
|
<code class="methodname">DB_ENV->open()</code>
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
method.
|
|||
|
</span>
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
<p>
|
|||
|
When region files are backed by system memory, DB creates a
|
|||
|
single file in the environment's home directory. This file
|
|||
|
contains information necessary to identify the system shared
|
|||
|
memory in use by the environment. By creating this file, DB
|
|||
|
enables multiple processes to share the environment.
|
|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
<p>
|
|||
|
The system memory that is used is architecture-dependent. For
|
|||
|
example, on systems supporting X/Open-style shared memory
|
|||
|
interfaces, such as UNIX systems, the <code class="literal">shmget(2)</code>
|
|||
|
and related System V IPC interfaces are used.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
<span>
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
Additionally, VxWorks systems use system memory. In these cases,
|
|||
|
an initial segment ID must be specified by the application to
|
|||
|
ensure that applications do not overwrite each other's
|
|||
|
environments, so that the number of segments created does not
|
|||
|
grow without bounds. See the
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
<code class="methodname">DB_ENV->set_shm_key()</code>
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
method for more information.
|
|||
|
</span>
|
|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
<p>
|
|||
|
On Windows platforms, the use of system memory for the region files
|
|||
|
is problematic because the operating system uses reference counting
|
|||
|
to clean up shared objects in the paging file automatically. In
|
|||
|
addition, the default access permissions for shared objects are
|
|||
|
different from files, which may cause problems when an environment
|
|||
|
is accessed by multiple processes running as different users. See
|
|||
|
<a class="ulink" href="" target="_top">Windows notes</a>
|
|||
|
or more information.
|
|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
</div>
|
|||
|
</div>
|
|||
|
<div class="sect2" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
|
|||
|
<div class="titlepage">
|
|||
|
<div>
|
|||
|
<div>
|
|||
|
<h3 class="title"><a id="security"></a>Security Considerations</h3>
|
|||
|
</div>
|
|||
|
</div>
|
|||
|
</div>
|
|||
|
<p>
|
|||
|
When using environments, there are some security considerations to
|
|||
|
keep in mind:
|
|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
<div class="itemizedlist">
|
|||
|
<ul type="disc">
|
|||
|
<li>
|
|||
|
<p>
|
|||
|
Database environment permissions
|
|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
<p>
|
|||
|
The directory used for the environment
|
|||
|
should have its permissions set to ensure that files in the
|
|||
|
environment are not accessible to users without appropriate
|
|||
|
permissions. Applications that add to the user's permissions
|
|||
|
(for example, UNIX <code class="literal">setuid</code> or
|
|||
|
<code class="literal">setgid</code> applications), must be
|
|||
|
carefully checked to not permit illegal use of those
|
|||
|
permissions such as general file access in the environment
|
|||
|
directory.
|
|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
</li>
|
|||
|
<li>
|
|||
|
<p>
|
|||
|
Environment variables
|
|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
<p>
|
|||
|
Setting
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
<span>
|
|||
|
the <code class="literal">DB_USE_ENVIRON</code> or
|
|||
|
<code class="literal">DB_USE_ENVIRON_ROOT</code> flags
|
|||
|
</span>
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
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so that environment variables can be used during file naming
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can be dangerous. Setting those flags in DB
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applications with additional permissions (for example, UNIX
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<code class="literal">setuid</code> or <code class="literal">setgid</code>
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applications) could potentially allow users
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to read and write databases to which they would not normally
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have access.
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</p>
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<p>
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For example, suppose you write a DB application
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that runs <code class="literal">setuid</code>. This means that
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when the application runs, it does so under a
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userid different than that of the application's caller.
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This is especially problematic if the application is
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granting stronger privileges to a user than the user
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might ordinarily have.
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</p>
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<p>
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Now, if
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<span>
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the <code class="literal">DB_USE_ENVIRON</code> or
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<code class="literal">DB_USE_ENVIRON_ROOT</code> flags
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are set for the environment,
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</span>
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then the environment that the application is
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using is modifiable using the
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<code class="literal">DB_HOME</code> environment variable. In
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this scenario, if the uid used by the application has
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sufficiently broad privileges, then the application's caller
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can read and/or write databases owned by another user
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simply by setting his
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<code class="literal">DB_HOME</code> environment variable to the
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environment used by that other user.
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</p>
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<p>
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Note that this scenario need not be malicious; the
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wrong environment could be used by the application
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simply by inadvertently specifying the wrong path to
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<code class="literal">DB_HOME</code>.
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</p>
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<p>
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As always, you should use <code class="literal">setuid</code>
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sparingly, if at all. But if you do use
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<code class="literal">setuid</code>, then you should refrain from
|
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specifying
|
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|
<span>
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|
the <code class="literal">DB_USE_ENVIRON</code> or
|
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|
<code class="literal">DB_USE_ENVIRON_ROOT</code> flags
|
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|
</span>
|
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|
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|
for the environment open. And, of course, if you must
|
|||
|
use <code class="literal">setuid</code>, then make sure you use
|
|||
|
the weakest uid possible – preferably one that is
|
|||
|
used only by the application itself.
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</p>
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</li>
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<li>
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<p>
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File permissions
|
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|
</p>
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<p>
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|
By default, DB always creates database and log files readable and
|
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writable by the owner and the group (that is,
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<code class="literal">S_IRUSR</code>,
|
|||
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<code class="literal">S_IWUSR</code>, <code class="literal">S_IRGRP</code> and
|
|||
|
<code class="literal">S_IWGRP</code>; or octal mode 0660 on historic
|
|||
|
UNIX systems). The group ownership of created files is based
|
|||
|
on the system and directory defaults, and is not further
|
|||
|
specified by DB.
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|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
</li>
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|||
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<li>
|
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<p>
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|||
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Temporary backing files
|
|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
<p>
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|||
|
If an unnamed database is created and the cache is too small
|
|||
|
to hold the database in memory, Berkeley DB will create a
|
|||
|
temporary physical file to enable it to page the database to
|
|||
|
disk as needed. In this case, environment variables such as
|
|||
|
<code class="literal">TMPDIR</code> may be used to specify the
|
|||
|
location of that temporary file. Although temporary backing
|
|||
|
files are created readable and writable by the owner only
|
|||
|
(<code class="literal">S_IRUSR</code> and <code class="literal">S_IWUSR</code>,
|
|||
|
or octal mode 0600 on historic UNIX systems), some
|
|||
|
filesystems may not sufficiently protect temporary files
|
|||
|
created in random directories from improper access. To be
|
|||
|
absolutely safe, applications storing sensitive data in
|
|||
|
unnamed databases should use the
|
|||
|
<code class="methodname">DB_ENV->set_tmp_dir()</code>
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
method to specify a temporary directory with known permissions.
|
|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
</li>
|
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