other-access 0.0.1

os.access() alternative which can check access for other users

# other_access

other_access is more flexible implementation of [os.access()](https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.html#os.access) which can check access for other users.

For example, root user can use other_access.other_access(path, ‘www-data’) to ensure files are readable by www-data user.

## Limitation otheraccess does not supports filesystem ACL

## Usage

other_access(path, mode, uid, gids=None) - main function. similar to [os.access()](https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.html#os.access), but checks for other user (uid) and list of groups (gids). User and group id’s are integer (not names).

oaccess(path, mode, user, groups) - wrapper for other_access which takes names for user/groups, converts it to numerical uid/gids and calls other_access()

## Examples Lets use /etc/shadow for example: ~~~ -rw-r—– 1 root shadow 1841 Jun 2 04:07 /etc/shadow ~~~

~~~python # user root can read and write assert(oaccess(‘/etc/shadow’, os.R_OK | os.W_OK, ‘root’) == True)

# group shadow can read assert(oaccess(‘/etc/shadow’, os.R_OK, ‘nobody’, [‘shadow’]) == True)

# Other can check existence of file, but cannot read assert(oaccess(‘/etc/shadow’, os.F_OK, ‘nobody’) == True) assert(oaccess(‘/etc/shadow’, os.R_OK, ‘nobody’) == False) ~~~