Get information about proccess

proccess_information.c

#include <errno.h>
#include <ctype.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <limits.h>

#include <grp.h>
#include <pwd.h>

#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>

#include <sys/capability.h>
#include <sys/prctl.h>
#include <sys/syscall.h> 

void print_process_info(void)
{
	gid_t rgid, egid, sgid;
	pid_t pgid, pid, ppid, sid;
	uid_t ruid, euid, suid;

	int ngroups = NGROUPS_MAX, j;
	gid_t *groups;
	struct passwd *pw;
	struct group *gr;

	cap_t caps;
	char *caps_text;

	/*
	 * PID: Each process has a unique nonnegative integer identifier that is
	 * assigned when the process is created using fork(2).
	 *
	 * A process's PID is preserved across an execve(2)
	 */
	pid = getpid();

	/*
	 * PPID: A process's parent process ID identifies the process that created
	 * this process using fork(2).
	 *
	 * A process's PPID is preserved across an execve(2)
	 */
	ppid = getppid();

	fprintf(stderr, "PID: %d, Parent PID: %d\n", pid, ppid);

	/*
	 * A process group (sometimes called a "job") is a
	 * collection of processes that share the same process group ID; the
	 * shell creates a new process group for the process(es) used to execute
	 * single command or pipeline (e.g., the two processes created to
	 * execute the command "ls | wc" are placed in the same process group).
	 */
	pgid = getpgrp();

	/*
	 * A session is a collection of processes that share the same session
	 * ID.  All of the members of a process group also have the same session
	 * ID (i.e., all of the members of a process group always belong to the
	 * same session, so that sessions and process groups form a strict two-
	 * level hierarchy of processes.)  A new session is created when a
	 * process calls setsid(2), which creates a new session whose session ID
	 * is the same as the PID of the process that called setsid(2).  The
	 * creator of the session is called the session leader.
	 */
	sid = getsid(pid);

	fprintf(stderr, "Process GID: %d, Session ID: %d\n", pgid, sid);

	/*
	 * - Real user ID and real group ID.  These IDs determine who owns the
	 *   process.
	 *
	 * - Effective user ID and effective group ID.  These IDs are used by
	 *   the kernel to determine the permissions that the process will have
	 *   when accessing shared resources such as message queues, shared
	 *   memory, and semaphores.  On most UNIX systems, these IDs also
	 *   determine the permissions when accessing files.  However, Linux
	 *   uses the filesystem IDs described below for this task.
	 *
	 * - Saved set-user-ID and saved set-group-ID.  These IDs are used in
	 *   set-user-ID and set-group-ID programs to save a copy of the
	 *   corresponding effective IDs that were set when the program was
	 *   executed (see execve(2)).  A set-user-ID program can assume and
	 *   drop privileges by switching its effective user ID back and forth
	 *   between the values in its real user ID and saved set-user-ID.
	 *   This switching is done via calls to seteuid(2), setreuid(2), or
	 *   setresuid(2).  A set-group-ID program performs the analogous tasks
	 *   using setegid(2), setregid(2), or setresgid(2).
	 */

	getresuid(&ruid, &euid, &suid);
	getresgid(&rgid, &egid, &sgid);

	fprintf(stderr, "Real UID: %d, Effective UID: %d, Set-User UID: %d\n", ruid, euid, suid);
	fprintf(stderr, "Real GID: %d, Effective GID: %d, Set-User GID: %d\n", rgid, egid, sgid);

	/*
	 * Supplementary group IDs.  This is a set of additional group IDs
	 * that are used for permission checks when accessing files and other
	 * shared resources.
	 */
	groups = malloc(ngroups * sizeof(gid_t));
	if(groups == NULL) {
		perror("malloc memory for groups");
		return;
	}

	pw = getpwuid(ruid);
	if(pw == NULL) {
		perror("get passwd structure for our UID");
		free(groups);
		return;
	}

	if(getgrouplist((const char *)pw->pw_name, pw->pw_gid, groups, &ngroups) == -1) {
		fprintf(stderr, "getgrouplist() returned -1; ngroups = %d\n", ngroups);
		free(groups);
	} else {
		fprintf(stderr, "Get %d supplementary group IDs\n", ngroups);
		for (j = 0; j < ngroups; j++) {
			fprintf(stderr, "%d", groups[j]);
			gr = getgrgid(groups[j]);
			if (gr != NULL)
				fprintf(stderr, " (%s)", gr->gr_name);
			fprintf(stderr, "\n");
		}

		free(groups);
	}

	/*
	 * For the purpose of performing permission checks, traditional UNIX
	 * implementations distinguish two categories of processes: privileged
	 * processes (whose effective user ID is 0, referred to as superuser or
	 * root), and unprivileged processes (whose effective UID is nonzero).
	 * Privileged processes bypass all kernel permission checks, while
	 * unprivileged processes are subject to full permission checking based
	 * on the process's credentials (usually: effective UID, effective GID,
	 * and supplementary group list).
	 */

	caps = cap_get_proc();
	caps_text = cap_to_text(caps, NULL);
	if(!caps_text) {
		fprintf(stderr, "unable to parse caps\n");
		cap_free(caps);
		return;
	}

	fprintf(stderr, "Capabilities: %s\n", caps_text);
	cap_free(caps);
	cap_free(caps_text);

}