#!/usr/bin/python3 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- # key-mapper - GUI for device specific keyboard mappings # Copyright (C) 2020 sezanzeb # # This file is part of key-mapper. # # key-mapper is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by # the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or # (at your option) any later version. # # key-mapper is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the # GNU General Public License for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License # along with key-mapper. If not, see . """To check if access to devices in /dev is possible.""" import grp import getpass from keymapper.logger import logger from keymapper.paths import USER def can_read_devices(): """If the people ever looks into the console, make sure to help them.""" is_root = getpass.getuser() == 'root' is_in_input_group = USER in grp.getgrnam('input').gr_mem is_in_plugdev_group = USER in grp.getgrnam('plugdev').gr_mem def warn(group): logger.warning( 'Some devices may not be visible without being in the ' '"%s" user group. Try `sudo usermod -a -G %s $USER` ' 'and log out and back in.', group, group ) if not is_root: if not is_in_plugdev_group: warn('plugdev') if not is_in_input_group: warn('input') ok = is_root or (is_in_input_group and is_in_plugdev_group) return ok, is_root, is_in_input_group, is_in_plugdev_group