4 files changed, 34 insertions, 46 deletions

diff --git a/source3/rpc_server/eventlog/srv_eventlog_nt.c b/source3/rpc_server/eventlog/srv_eventlog_nt.c
index a05ea3fcbe..a3e719a38b 100644
--- a/source3/rpc_server/eventlog/srv_eventlog_nt.c
+++ b/source3/rpc_server/eventlog/srv_eventlog_nt.c
@@ -91,12 +91,15 @@ static bool elog_check_access( EVENTLOG_INFO *info, const struct security_token
 
 	/* get the security descriptor for the file */
 
-	sec_desc = get_nt_acl_no_snum( info, tdbname, SECINFO_OWNER | SECINFO_GROUP | SECINFO_DACL);
+	status = get_nt_acl_no_snum( info,
+			tdbname,
+			SECINFO_OWNER | SECINFO_GROUP | SECINFO_DACL,
+			&sec_desc);
 	TALLOC_FREE( tdbname );
 
-	if ( !sec_desc ) {
-		DEBUG(5,("elog_check_access: Unable to get NT ACL for %s\n",
-			tdbname));
+	if (!NT_STATUS_IS_OK(status)) {
+		DEBUG(5,("elog_check_access: Unable to get NT ACL for %s: %s\n",
+			tdbname, nt_errstr(status)));
 		return False;
 	}
 
diff --git a/source3/smbd/posix_acls.c b/source3/smbd/posix_acls.c
index d46a16dbc1..74ea257d36 100644
--- a/source3/smbd/posix_acls.c
+++ b/source3/smbd/posix_acls.c
@@ -4963,30 +4963,34 @@ bool set_unix_posix_acl(connection_struct *conn, files_struct *fsp, const char *
  check.  Caller is responsible for freeing the returned security
  descriptor via TALLOC_FREE().  This is designed for dealing with 
  user space access checks in smbd outside of the VFS.  For example,
- checking access rights in OpenEventlog().
+ checking access rights in OpenEventlog() or from python.
 
- Assume we are dealing with files (for now)
 ********************************************************************/
 
-struct security_descriptor *get_nt_acl_no_snum( TALLOC_CTX *ctx, const char *fname, uint32 security_info_wanted)
+NTSTATUS get_nt_acl_no_snum(TALLOC_CTX *ctx, const char *fname,
+				uint32 security_info_wanted,
+				struct security_descriptor **sd)
 {
-	struct security_descriptor *ret_sd;
-	connection_struct *conn;
-	files_struct finfo;
-	struct fd_handle fh;
-	NTSTATUS status;
 	TALLOC_CTX *frame = talloc_stackframe();
+	connection_struct *conn;
+	NTSTATUS status = NT_STATUS_OK;
+
+	if (!posix_locking_init(false)) {
+		TALLOC_FREE(frame);
+		return NT_STATUS_NO_MEMORY;
+	}
 
 	conn = talloc_zero(frame, connection_struct);
 	if (conn == NULL) {
+		TALLOC_FREE(frame);
 		DEBUG(0, ("talloc failed\n"));
-		return NULL;
+		return NT_STATUS_NO_MEMORY;
 	}
 
 	if (!(conn->params = talloc(conn, struct share_params))) {
-		DEBUG(0,("get_nt_acl_no_snum: talloc() failed!\n"));
+		DEBUG(0, ("talloc failed\n"));
 		TALLOC_FREE(frame);
-		return NULL;
+		return NT_STATUS_NO_MEMORY;
 	}
 
 	conn->params->service = -1;
@@ -4994,43 +4998,21 @@ struct security_descriptor *get_nt_acl_no_snum( TALLOC_CTX *ctx, const char *fna
 	set_conn_connectpath(conn, "/");
 
 	if (!smbd_vfs_init(conn)) {
-		DEBUG(0,("get_nt_acl_no_snum: Unable to create a fake connection struct!\n"));
-		conn_free(conn);
-		TALLOC_FREE(frame);
-		return NULL;
-        }
-
-	ZERO_STRUCT( finfo );
-	ZERO_STRUCT( fh );
-
-	finfo.fnum = FNUM_FIELD_INVALID;
-	finfo.conn = conn;
-	finfo.fh = &fh;
-	finfo.fh->fd = -1;
-
-	status = create_synthetic_smb_fname(frame, fname, NULL, NULL,
-					    &finfo.fsp_name);
-	if (!NT_STATUS_IS_OK(status)) {
-		conn_free(conn);
+		DEBUG(0,("smbd_vfs_init() failed!\n"));
 		TALLOC_FREE(frame);
-		return NULL;
+		return NT_STATUS_INTERNAL_ERROR;
 	}
 
-	if (!NT_STATUS_IS_OK(SMB_VFS_FGET_NT_ACL( &finfo,
-						  security_info_wanted,
-						  ctx, &ret_sd))) {
-		DEBUG(0,("get_nt_acl_no_snum: get_nt_acl returned zero.\n"));
-		TALLOC_FREE(finfo.fsp_name);
-		conn_free(conn);
-		TALLOC_FREE(frame);
-		return NULL;
+	status = SMB_VFS_GET_NT_ACL(conn, fname, security_info_wanted, ctx, sd);
+	if (!NT_STATUS_IS_OK(status)) {
+		DEBUG(0,("set_nt_acl_no_snum: fset_nt_acl returned %s.\n",
+			nt_errstr(status)));
 	}
 
-	TALLOC_FREE(finfo.fsp_name);
 	conn_free(conn);
 	TALLOC_FREE(frame);
 
-	return ret_sd;
+	return status;
 }
 
 /* Stolen shamelessly from pvfs_default_acl() in source4 :-). */
diff --git a/source3/smbd/proto.h b/source3/smbd/proto.h
index 221499cead..aae4bd02db 100644
--- a/source3/smbd/proto.h
+++ b/source3/smbd/proto.h
@@ -732,7 +732,8 @@ bool set_unix_posix_default_acl(connection_struct *conn, const char *fname,
 				const SMB_STRUCT_STAT *psbuf,
 				uint16 num_def_acls, const char *pdata);
 bool set_unix_posix_acl(connection_struct *conn, files_struct *fsp, const char *fname, uint16 num_acls, const char *pdata);
-struct security_descriptor *get_nt_acl_no_snum( TALLOC_CTX *ctx, const char *fname, uint32 security_info_wanted);
+NTSTATUS get_nt_acl_no_snum( TALLOC_CTX *ctx, const char *fname, uint32 security_info_wanted,
+				struct security_descriptor **sd);
 NTSTATUS make_default_filesystem_acl(TALLOC_CTX *ctx,
 					const char *name,
 					SMB_STRUCT_STAT *psbuf,
diff --git a/source3/smbd/pysmbd.c b/source3/smbd/pysmbd.c
index 436e881b10..42694cb47c 100644
--- a/source3/smbd/pysmbd.c
+++ b/source3/smbd/pysmbd.c
@@ -495,11 +495,13 @@ static PyObject *py_smbd_get_nt_acl(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 	PyObject *py_sd;
 	struct security_descriptor *sd;
 	TALLOC_CTX *tmp_ctx = talloc_new(NULL);
+	NTSTATUS status;
 
 	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "si", &fname, &security_info_wanted))
 		return NULL;
 
-	sd = get_nt_acl_no_snum(tmp_ctx, fname, security_info_wanted);
+	status = get_nt_acl_no_snum(tmp_ctx, fname, security_info_wanted, &sd);
+	PyErr_NTSTATUS_IS_ERR_RAISE(status);
 
 	py_sd = py_return_ndr_struct("samba.dcerpc.security", "descriptor", sd, sd);