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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from optparse import OptionParser
+import sys
+import os
+import re
+from stat import S_IRUSR, S_IWUSR, S_IXUSR
+from stat import S_IRGRP, S_IWGRP, S_IXGRP
+from stat import S_IROTH, S_IWOTH, S_IXOTH
+from stat import S_IMODE, S_IFMT
+
+def main(argv=None):
+    confpairs = {}
+    error = False
+
+    # Handle command line parameters
+    if argv is None:
+        argv = sys.argv
+
+    parser = OptionParser()
+    parser.add_option("-c", "--config", type="string", dest="conf",
+                      help="specify location of slurm.conf", metavar="FILE")
+    parser.add_option("-p", "--prefix", type="string", dest="prefix",
+                      help="slurm install directory prefix", metavar="DIR")
+    (options, args) = parser.parse_args(args=argv)
+    if options.prefix is None:
+        options.prefix = '/usr/local'
+        print 'Assuming installation prefix is "%s"' % (options.prefix)
+    if options.conf is None:
+        options.conf = options.prefix + '/etc'
+        print 'Assuming slurm conf file is "%s"' % (options.conf)
+
+    # Parse the slurm.conf file
+    conf = open(options.conf, 'r')
+    for line in conf.readlines():
+        line = line.rstrip()
+        line = line.split('#')[0] # eliminate comments
+        m = re.compile('\s*([^=]+)\s*=\s*([^\s]+)').search(line)
+        if m:
+            confpairs[m.group(1)] = m.group(2)
+
+    rc = 0
+    #
+    # Make sure that these files are NOT world writable.
+    #
+    print
+    print "Ensuring the following are not world writable:"
+    files = []
+    files.append(options.conf)
+    files.append(options.prefix+'/bin/srun')
+    files.append(options.prefix+'/bin/sacct')
+    files.append(options.prefix+'/bin/sinfo')
+    files.append(options.prefix+'/bin/squeue')
+    files.append(options.prefix+'/bin/scontrol')
+    files.append(options.prefix+'/bin/scancel')
+    files.append(options.prefix+'/bin/smap')
+    files.append(options.prefix+'/sbin/slurmctld')
+    files.append(options.prefix+'/sbin/slurmd')
+    files.append(options.prefix+'/sbin/slurmstepd')
+    files.append(options.prefix+'/sbin/slurm_epilog')
+    files.append(options.prefix+'/sbin/slurm_prolog')
+    append_file(files, confpairs, 'Prolog')
+    append_file(files, confpairs, 'Epilog')
+    append_file(files, confpairs, 'JobCredentialPrivateKey')
+    append_file(files, confpairs, 'JobCredentialPublicCertificate')
+    append_file(files, confpairs, 'SlurmdSpoolDir')
+    append_file(files, confpairs, 'StateSaveLocation')
+    append_file(files, confpairs, 'SlurmctldLogFile')
+    append_file(files, confpairs, 'SlurmdLogFile')
+    append_file(files, confpairs, 'JobCompLog')
+    append_file(files, confpairs, 'PluginDir')
+    append_dir(files, confpairs, 'PluginDir')
+
+    for fname in files:
+        rc = check_perms(fname, S_IWOTH)
+        if rc is True:
+            error = True
+
+    #
+    # Make sure that these files are NOT world READABLE.
+    #
+    print
+    print "Ensuring the following are not world readble:"
+    files = []
+    append_file(files, confpairs, 'JobCredentialPrivateKey')
+
+    for fname in files:
+        rc = check_perms(fname, S_IROTH)
+        if rc is True:
+            error = True
+
+    print
+    if error:
+        print 'FAILURE! Some file permissions were incorrect.'
+    else:
+        print 'SUCCESS.'
+
+    return error
+
+def append_file(l, d, key):
+    """If 'key' exists in dictionary 'd', then append its value to list 'l'"""
+    if d.has_key(key):
+        l.append(d[key])
+        return True
+    else:
+        return False
+
+def append_dir(l, d, key):
+    """If 'key' exists in dictionary 'd', then the value in 'd' is a directory
+    name.  Append all of the entries in the directory to list 'l'."""
+    if d.has_key(key):
+        for fname in os.listdir(d[key]):
+            l.append(d[key] + '/' + fname)
+
+def check_perms(filename, perm_bits):
+    """Returns 'True' if the file's permissions contain the bits 'perm_bits'"""
+    perm = S_IMODE(os.stat(filename).st_mode)
+    if perm & perm_bits:
+        print >>sys.stderr, 'ERROR: %s: %o has bits %.3o set' % (filename, perm, perm_bits)
+        return True
+    else:
+        print 'OK: %o %s ' % (perm, filename)
+        return False
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    sys.exit(main())
+
+