Remove BACKUP_DATA permission and associated checks

Any package can now participate in backup/restore, without requiring any
manifest-declared permission.  *Control* of the backup manager is still
guarded by the BACKUP permission, which is signatureOrSystem.

Change-Id: I116fcfcd4cd255e3c976330da1c4dea7d4faae9d
This commit is contained in:
Christopher Tate
2010-02-12 14:12:34 -08:00
parent 7f66d6e63d
commit a87240c227
5 changed files with 1 additions and 33 deletions

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@@ -896,9 +896,7 @@ class BackupManagerService extends IBackupManager.Stub {
try {
ApplicationInfo app = pkg.applicationInfo;
if (((app.flags&ApplicationInfo.FLAG_ALLOW_BACKUP) == 0)
|| app.backupAgentName == null
|| (mPackageManager.checkPermission(android.Manifest.permission.BACKUP_DATA,
pkg.packageName) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED)) {
|| app.backupAgentName == null) {
packages.remove(a);
}
else {
@@ -1282,15 +1280,6 @@ class BackupManagerService extends IBackupManager.Stub {
for (BackupRequest request : mQueue) {
Log.d(TAG, "starting agent for backup of " + request);
// Don't run backup, even if requested, if the target app does not have
// the requisite permission
if (mPackageManager.checkPermission(android.Manifest.permission.BACKUP_DATA,
request.appInfo.packageName) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
Log.w(TAG, "Skipping backup of unprivileged package "
+ request.appInfo.packageName);
continue;
}
IBackupAgent agent = null;
int mode = (request.fullBackup)
? IApplicationThread.BACKUP_MODE_FULL
@@ -1760,12 +1749,6 @@ class BackupManagerService extends IBackupManager.Stub {
if (DEBUG) Log.d(TAG, "processOneRestore packageName=" + packageName);
// Don't restore to unprivileged packages
if (mPackageManager.checkPermission(android.Manifest.permission.BACKUP_DATA,
packageName) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
Log.d(TAG, "Skipping restore of unprivileged package " + packageName);
}
// !!! TODO: get the dirs from the transport
File backupDataName = new File(mDataDir, packageName + ".restore");
File newStateName = new File(mStateDir, packageName + ".new");