#!/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 import os from keymapper.logger import logger from keymapper.paths import USER def check_group(group): """Check if the user can access files of that group. Returns True if this group doesn't even exist. """ try: return USER in grp.getgrnam(group).gr_mem except KeyError: return True def can_read_devices(): """If the people ever looks into the console, make sure to help them.""" is_root = getpass.getuser() == 'root' is_input = check_group('input') is_plugdev = check_group('plugdev') # ubuntu. funnily, individual devices in /dev/input/ have write permitted. can_write = os.access('/dev/uinput', os.W_OK) def warn(group): logger.warning( 'Some devices may not be visible without being in the ' '"%s" user group. Try `sudo usermod -a -G %s %s` ' 'and log out and back in.', group, group, USER ) if not is_root: if not is_plugdev: warn('plugdev') if not is_input: warn('input') if not can_write: logger.error( 'Injecting keycodes into /dev/uinput is not permitted. ' 'Either use sudo or run ' '`sudo setfacl -m u:%s:rw- /dev/uinput`', {USER} ) permitted = (is_root or (is_input and is_plugdev)) and can_write return permitted, is_root, is_input, is_plugdev, can_write