Added database protection with setuid.
Added the initial support for the database protection with the setuid mechanism. In the beginning the program creates(or opens) the database as a special user, and then switches to the real uid and functions normally.
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		@@ -16,9 +16,23 @@ PATH="$(realpath ./mock/):$PATH"
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# mount the filesystem
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echo "Run $(date -u +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S) "
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valgrind -s ../build/icfs -o default_permissions ./protected &
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if [[ $1 == "--setuid" ]]; then
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  echo "Setting the setuid bit..."
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  echo "root privilieges are required to create a special user and set correct ownership of the executable."
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  id -u icfs &>/dev/null || sudo useradd --system --user-group icfs
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  sudo chown icfs: ../build/icfs && sudo chmod 4777 ../build/icfs
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  chmod g+w . # needed for icfs to be able to create the database
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  echo "Valgrind will not be used due to setuid compatibility issues."
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  ../build/icfs -o default_permissions ./protected &
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  sleep 1
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else
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  echo "Database protection will not be tested due to the lack of setuid capabilites."
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  echo "To test it, run this script with '--setuid'."
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  valgrind -s ../build/icfs -o default_permissions ./protected &
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  sleep 5
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fi
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sleep 5
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#valgrind -s ../build/icfs -o default_permissions ./protected &
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# WARN: please don't use `>` or `>>` operators. They force **this script** to open the file, **not the program you are trying to run**. This is probably not what you mean when you want to test a specific program's access.
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# WARN: avoid using touch, since it generates errors because setting times is not implemented in icfs **yet**.
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