doasedit/doasedit

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#!/bin/bash
if [ ! -z "${2}" ]; then
echo "Expected only one argument"
exit 1
elif [ -z "${1}" ]; then
echo "No file path provided"
exit 1
elif [ "$EUID" -eq 0 ]; then
echo "Cannot be run as root"
exit 1
fi
set -Eeuo pipefail
tempdir="$(mktemp -d)"
trap "rm -rf $tempdir" EXIT
srcfile="$(doas realpath $1)"
if doas [ -f "$srcfile" ]; then
doas cp -a $srcfile $tempdir/file
doas cp -a $tempdir/file $tempdir/edit
# make sure that the file is editable by user
doas chown $USER:$USER $tempdir/edit
chmod 600 $tempdir/edit
else
# create file with "regular" system permissions (root:root 644)
touch $tempdir/file
doas chown root:root $tempdir/file
fi
$EDITOR $tempdir/edit
cat $tempdir/edit | doas tee $tempdir/file 1>/dev/null
if doas cmp -s "$tempdir/file" "$srcfile"; then
echo "Skipping write; no changes."
exit 0
else
doas mv -f $tempdir/file $srcfile
exit 0
fi