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restic/internal/backend/foreground.go
greatroar 11fbaaae9a Sanitize environment before starting backend processes (rclone, ssh)
The restic security model includes full trust of the local machine, so
this should not fix any actual security problems, but it's better to be
safe than sorry.

Fixes #2192.
2020-11-02 16:41:23 +01:00

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package backend
import (
"os"
"os/exec"
"strings"
)
// StartForeground runs cmd in the foreground, by temporarily switching to the
// new process group created for cmd. The returned function `bg` switches back
// to the previous process group.
//
// The command's environment has all RESTIC_* variables removed.
func StartForeground(cmd *exec.Cmd) (bg func() error, err error) {
env := os.Environ() // Returns a copy that we can modify.
cmd.Env = env[:0]
for _, kv := range env {
if strings.HasPrefix(kv, "RESTIC_") {
continue
}
cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env, kv)
}
return startForeground(cmd)
}