Add restricted debug mode

Create a new configuration flag, .mudpy.limit.debug, which indicates
unsafe debugging options will be available in the running engine.
This is unused, but lays the groundwork for future unsafe commands
to be toggled at start in base configuration.

diff --git a/doc/source/configuration.rst b/doc/source/configuration.rst
index d0f8093..d0001fc 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/source/configuration.rst
+++ b/doc/source/configuration.rst
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
  configuration
 ===============
 
-.. Copyright (c) 2004-2019 mudpy authors. Permission to use, copy,
+.. Copyright (c) 2004-2020 mudpy authors. Permission to use, copy,
    modify, and distribute this software is granted under terms
    provided in the LICENSE file distributed with this software.
 
@@ -167,6 +167,18 @@ Example::
 
   .mudpy.limit.backups: 10
 
+.mudpy.limit.debug
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+bool, optional
+
+Whether unsafe debugging functionality is enabled. If unspecified or
+set to false, unsafe debugging functions will be disabled.
+
+Example::
+
+  .mudpy.limit.debug: true
+
 .mudpy.limit.password_tries
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 

diff --git a/etc/mudpy.yaml b/etc/mudpy.yaml
index 8eccba3..8c413a3 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/mudpy.yaml
+++ b/etc/mudpy.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-_copy: Copyright (c) 2004-2019 mudpy authors. Permission to use, copy,
+_copy: Copyright (c) 2004-2020 mudpy authors. Permission to use, copy,
     modify, and distribute this software is granted under terms
     provided in the LICENSE file distributed with this software.
 
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ _lock: true
     - admin
 .mudpy.limit.avatars: 7
 # .mudpy.limit.backups: 10
+# .mudpy.limit.debug: true
 .mudpy.limit.password_tries: 3
 
 # .mudpy.log.file: var/mudpy.log

diff --git a/mudpy/misc.py b/mudpy/misc.py
index babd42f..3968039 100644 (file)
--- a/mudpy/misc.py
+++ b/mudpy/misc.py
@@ -186,7 +186,8 @@ class Element:
 
     def is_restricted(self):
         """Boolean check whether command is administrative or debugging."""
-        return(self.get("administrative", False))
+        return(
+            self.get("administrative", False) or self.get("debugging", False))
 
     def is_admin(self):
         """Boolean check whether an actor is controlled by an admin owner."""
@@ -199,6 +200,10 @@ class Element:
         if command not in self.universe.groups["command"].values():
             return(False)
 
+        # debugging commands are not allowed outside debug mode
+        if command.get("debugging") and not self.universe.debug_mode():
+            return(False)
+
         # avatars of administrators can run any command
         if self.is_admin():
             return(True)
@@ -481,6 +486,10 @@ class Universe:
         if fallback not in self.files:
             mudpy.data.Data(fallback, self, flags=flags)
 
+    def debug_mode(self):
+        """Boolean method to indicate whether unsafe debugging is enabled."""
+        return self.groups["mudpy"]["limit"].get("debug", False)
+
 
 class User:
 

diff --git a/mudpy/tests/fixtures/test_daemon.yaml b/mudpy/tests/fixtures/test_daemon.yaml
index 9052a6c..3a7f8e1 100644 (file)
--- a/mudpy/tests/fixtures/test_daemon.yaml
+++ b/mudpy/tests/fixtures/test_daemon.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-_copy: Copyright (c) 2004-2019 mudpy authors. Permission to use, copy,
+_copy: Copyright (c) 2004-2020 mudpy authors. Permission to use, copy,
     modify, and distribute this software is granted under terms
     provided in the LICENSE file distributed with this software.
 
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ _lock: true
     - admin
 .mudpy.limit.avatars: 7
 .mudpy.limit.backups: 3
+# .mudpy.limit.debug: true
 .mudpy.limit.password_tries: 3
 
 .mudpy.log.file: var/mudpy.log