pyfacl 1.0.0

Package to manage access control using POSIX ACLs

PyFACL

A Python library for parsing and checking POSIX File Access Control Lists (FACL).

Installation

From PyPI

pip install pyfacl

Usage

from pyfacl import FACL

# Initialize and parse FACL for a file/directory
facl = FACL()
facl.parse("/path/to/file")

# Check permissions with different modes
facl.has_permission("user:username:r-x", mode="exact")     # exact match
facl.has_permission("user:username:r--", mode="at_least") # has at least read
facl.has_permission("user:username:rwx", mode="at_most")  # has at most rwx

Permission Modes

• exact: Permissions must match exactly
• at_least: Must have at least the specified permissions
• at_most: Must have at most the specified permissions

Development

Setup Development Environment

pip install -e ".[dev]"
pre-commit install

Run Pre-commit Checks

pre-commit run --all-files