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@@ -3,71 +3,243 @@ The afm-system-daemon
=====================
version: 1
- Date: 14 March 2016
+ Date: 15 March 2016
Author: José Bollo
-Organisation of directory of applications
-=========================================
-The main path for applivcations are: APPDIR/PKGID/VER.
+Foreword
+--------
+
+This document describes what we intend to do. It may happen that our
+current implementation and the content of this document differ.
+
+In case of differences, it is assumed that this document is right
+and the implementation is wrong.
+
+
+Introduction
+------------
+
+The daemon **afm-system-daemon** is in charge of installing
+applications on the system. Its main tasks are:
+
+ - installs the applications and setup the security framework
+ to include it
+
+ - uninstall the applications
+
+The **afm-system-daemon** takes its orders from the system
+instance of D-Bus.
+
+The figure below summarizes the situation of the
+**afm-system-daemon** in the system.
+
+ +------------------------------------------------------------+
+ | User |
+ | |
+ | +-------------------------------------------------+ |
+ | | | |
+ | | afm-user-daemon | |
+ | | | |
+ | +----------+----------------------+----------+----+ |
+ | | | : |
+ | | | : |
+ :================|======================|==========:=========:
+ | | | : |
+ | +----------+----------+ +-----+-----+ : |
+ | | D-Bus system +-----+ CYNARA | : |
+ | +----------+----------+ +-----+-----+ : |
+ | | | : |
+ | +----------+---------+ +-------+----------+----+ |
+ | | afm-system-daemon +----+ SECURITY-MANAGER | |
+ | +--------------------+ +-----------------------+ |
+ | |
+ | System |
+ +------------------------------------------------------------+
+
+
+Starting **afm-system-daemon**
+------------------------------
+
+**afm-system-daemon** is launched as a **systemd** service
+attached to system. Normally, the service file is
+located at /lib/systemd/system/afm-system-daemon.service.
+
+The options for launching **afm-system-daemon** are:
+
+ -r
+ --root directory
+
+ Set the root application directory.
+
+ Note that the default root directory is defined
+ to be /usr/share/afm/applications (may change).
+
+ -d
+ --daemon
+
+ Daemonizes the process. It is not needed by sytemd.
+
+ -q
+ --quiet
+
+ Reduces the verbosity (can be repeated).
+
+ -v
+ --verbose
+
+ Increases the verbosity (can be repeated).
+
+ -h
+ --help
+
+ Prints a short help.
+
+The D-Bus interface
+-------------------
+
+### Overview of the dbus interface
+
+***afm-system-daemon*** takes its orders from the session instance
+of D-Bus. The use of D-Bus is great because it allows to implement
+discovery and signaling.
+
+The **afm-system-daemon** is listening with the destination name
+***org.AGL.afm.system*** at the object of path ***/org/AGL/afm/system***
+on the interface ***org.AGL.afm.system*** for the below detailed
+members ***install*** and ***uninstall***.
+
+D-Bus is mainly used for signaling and discovery. Its optimized
+typed protocol is not used except for transmitting only one string
+in both directions.
+
+The client and the service are using JSON serialisation to
+exchange data.
+
+The D-Bus interface is defined by:
+
+ * DESTINATION: **org.AGL.afm.system**
+
+ * PATH: **/org/AGL/afm/system**
+
+ * INTERFACE: **org.AGL.afm.system**
+
+The signature of any member of the interface is ***string -> string***
+for ***JSON -> JSON***.
+
+This is the normal case. In case of error, the current implmentation
+returns a dbus error that is a string.
+
+Here is an example that use *dbus-send* to query data on
+installed applications.
+
+ dbus-send --session --print-reply \
+ --dest=org.AGL.afm.system \
+ /org/AGL/afm/system \
+ org.AGL.afm.system.install 'string:"/tmp/appli.wgt"'
+
+### The protocol over D-Bus
+
+---
+
+#### Method org.AGL.afm.system.install
+
+**Description**: Install an application from its widget file.
+
+If an application of the same *id* and *version* exists, it is not
+reinstalled except if *force=true*.
+
+Applications are installed in the subdirectories of the common directory
+of applications.
+If *root* is specified, the application is installed under the
+sub-directories of the *root* defined.
+
+Note that this methods is a simple accessor to the method
+***org.AGL.afm.system.install*** of ***afm-system-daemon***.
+
+After the installation and before returning to the sender,
+***afm-system-daemon*** sends the signal ***org.AGL.afm.system.changed***.
+
+**Input**: The *path* of the widget file to install and, optionaly,
+a flag to *force* reinstallation, and, optionaly, a *root* directory.
+
+Either just a string being the absolute path of the widget file:
+
+ "/a/path/driving/to/the/widget"
+
+Or an object:
+
+ {
+ "wgt": "/a/path/to/the/widget",
+ "force": false,
+ "root": "/a/path/to/the/root"
+ }
+
+"wgt" and "root" must be absolute paths.
+
+**output**: An object with the field "added" being the string for
+the id of the added application.
+
+ {"added":"appli@x.y"}
+
+---
+
+#### Method org.AGL.afm.system.uninstall
+
+**Description**: Uninstall an application from its id.
+
+
+Note that this methods is a simple accessor to the method
+***org.AGL.afm.system.uninstall*** of ***afm-system-daemon***.
+
+After the uninstallation and before returning to the sender,
+***afm-system-daemon*** sends the signal ***org.AGL.afm.system.changed***.
+
+**Input**: the *id* of the application and, otpionaly, the path to
+*root* of the application.
+
+Either a string:
+
+ "appli@x.y"
+
+Or an object:
+
+ {
+ "id": "appli@x.y",
+ "root": "/a/path/to/the/root"
+ }
+
+**output**: the value 'true'.
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
-Where:
- - APPDIR is as defined above
- - PKGID is a directory whose name is the package identifier
- - VER is the version of the package MAJOR.MINOR
-This organisation has the advantage to allow several versions to leave together.
-This is needed for some good reasons (rolling back) and also for less good reasons (user habits).
-Identity of installed files
----------------------------
-All the files are installed as the user "userapp" and group "userapp".
-All files have rw(x) for user and r-(x) for group and others.
-This allows any user to read the files.
-Labelling the directories of applications
------------------------------------------
-Organisation of data
-====================
-The data of a user are in its directory and are labelled using the labels of the application
-Setting Smack rules for the application
-=======================================
-For Tizen, the following rules are set by the security manager for each application.
- System ~APP~ rwx
- System ~PKG~ rwxat
- System ~PKG~::RO rwxat
- ~APP~ System wx
- ~APP~ System::Shared rxl
- ~APP~ System::Run rwxat
- ~APP~ System::Log rwxa
- ~APP~ _ l
- User ~APP~ rwx
- User ~PKG~ rwxat
- User ~PKG~::RO rwxat
- ~APP~ User wx
- ~APP~ User::Home rxl
- ~APP~ User::App::Shared rwxat
- ~APP~ ~PKG~ rwxat
- ~APP~ ~PKG~::RO rxl
-Here, ~PKG~ is the identifier of the package and ~APP~ is the identifier of the application.
-What user can run an application?
-=================================
-Not all user are able to run all applications.
-How to manage that?