impersonation
A utility that allows a certain routine to run under a given user. To achieve this, a process will run under the uid and gid of the intended user. For that reason, it is a requirement that the running process has SETUID and SETGID capabilities.
Features
decorator for instance methods
decorator for classmethod and staticmethod
decorator for classes
Installation
Install the package directly from PyPI (recommended):
$ pip install -U impersonationExample usage
A simple example on how to work with a Flask application:
from impersonation import impersonate
# it works on functions
@impersonate("username")
def printer(string):
print(string)
# ... and classes
@impersonate("username")
class Printer:
def __init__(self, prefix=""):
self.prefix = prefix
def printer1(self, string):
print(f"{self.prefix}{string}")
@staticmethod
def printer2(string):
print(string)Tests & linting 🚥
Run tests with tox:
# ensure tox is installed
$ toxRun linter only:
$ tox -e lintOptionally, run coverage as well with:
$ tox -e coverageLicense
MIT licensed. See LICENSE.
1 maintainer
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