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# Copyright 2008-2009 LShift Ltd
# Author(s):
# Paul Crowley <paul@lshift.net>
#
# This software may be used and distributed according to the terms
# of the GNU General Public License, incorporated herein by reference.
import sys
import re
import os
import os.path
allowedchars = "A-Za-z0-9_-"
def globmatcher(pattern):
p = "[^/]*".join(re.escape(c) for c in pattern.split("*"))
# ** means "match recursively" ie "ignore directories"
rex = re.compile(p.replace("[^/]*[^/]*", ".*") + "$")
# None matches everything
return lambda x: x is None or rex.match(x) is not None
def rule(pairs):
matchers = [(k, globmatcher(v)) for k, v in pairs]
def c(kw):
for k, m in matchers:
if k not in kw or not m(kw[k]):
return False
return True
return c
class Ruleset(object):
'''Class representing the rules in a rule file'''
levels = ["init", "write", "read", "deny"]
def __init__(self):
self.rules = []
self.preset = {}
def add(self, action, conditions):
self.rules.append((action, conditions))
def set(self, **kw):
self.preset.update(kw)
def get(self, k):
return self.preset.get(k, None)
def matchrule(self, kw):
d = self.preset.copy()
d.update(kw)
for a, c in self.rules:
if c(d):
return a
return None
def allow(self, level, **kw):
a = self.matchrule(kw)
return a in self.levels and self.levels.index(a) <= self.levels.index(level)
def readfile(self, fn):
try:
f = open(fn)
try:
for l in f:
l = l.strip()
if len(l) == 0 or l.startswith("#"):
continue
l = l.split()
self.add(l[0], rule([c.split("=", 1) for c in l[1:]]))
finally:
f.close()
except Exception, e:
print >> sys.stderr, "Failure reading rules file:", e
rules = Ruleset()