feat(#93): filesystem permission pre-flight for credential configs (0600/0700)
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ssh-mcp refuses to start if its config is group/world-readable (mode & 0o077 →
throws, requiring dir 0700 / file 0600). A GUI user has no idea what chmod 600
means — they just get a dead server. This checks it and offers a one-click fix.

Core (pure, POSIX-only, injectable stat/chmod so tests never touch a real file):
- permission_status(path): the ssh-mcp rule — any group/other bit set (mode & 0o077)
  is not-ok; file must be 0600, its dir 0700. Returns None on Windows (modes don't
  apply) or when the file is absent (nothing to pre-flight). Plain-language problems
  naming the offending octal mode.
- fix_permissions(path): chmod file → 0600, dir → 0700. No-op on Windows; reports
  an OSError instead of raising.
- sidecar_permission_warnings() / sidecar_permission_fix_target(): tie the check to
  #91's sidecar path resolution so it knows WHICH file to inspect. Mirror the
  sidecar-warnings shape.

GUI: a warning label + "Fix permissions" button in the stdio editor (mirrors the
removed-flag surface), shown only when the sidecar exists and is too open. Hidden
on Windows and for non-sidecar servers. Smoke-tested headlessly.

pytest green (529 passed), ruff + format clean. Closes #93. Part of epic #94.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# Filesystem permission pre-flight (issue #93, epic #94)
#
# ssh-mcp refuses to start if its config is group/world-readable: it throws when
# `mode & 0o077` is set, requiring dir 0700 / file 0600. A GUI user has no idea
# what `chmod 600` means — they just get a dead server. Generalise: any config
# file that carries credentials should be permission-checked. POSIX only — modes
# don't apply on Windows, where this degrades to a clean no-op.
#
# Depends on #91's sidecar path resolution to know WHICH file to check.
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
def _is_windows_platform(platform: str | None) -> bool:
p = platform if platform is not None else sys.platform
return p.startswith("win")
def _permission_mode(path, stat_mode) -> int | None:
"""The 0o777 permission bits of `path`, or None if it can't be stat-ed."""
if stat_mode is not None:
return stat_mode(path)
try:
return os.stat(path).st_mode & 0o777
except OSError:
return None
def permission_status(
path: str | os.PathLike,
*,
platform: str | None = None,
stat_mode=None,
) -> dict | None:
"""Check a credential-bearing config file's mode (and its directory's). Pure.
Returns None on Windows (POSIX modes don't apply) or when the file doesn't
exist (nothing to check). Otherwise a dict:
``{path, mode, file_ok, dir, dir_mode, dir_ok, ok, problems}``.
The rule mirrors ssh-mcp's own guard: any group/other bit set (``mode &
0o077``) is not-ok — the file must be 0600, its directory 0700. ``stat_mode``
is an injectable ``path -> int|None`` (the 0o777 bits) so tests never chmod a
real file; it defaults to a real ``os.stat``.
"""
if _is_windows_platform(platform):
return None
p = Path(path)
fmode = _permission_mode(p, stat_mode)
if fmode is None:
return None # file absent / unreadable -> nothing to pre-flight
dmode = _permission_mode(p.parent, stat_mode)
problems: list[str] = []
file_ok = not (fmode & 0o077)
if not file_ok:
problems.append(
f"the config file is readable by other users (mode {fmode:04o}); "
f"ssh-mcp requires 0600 and refuses to start otherwise"
)
# The directory is only judged when we could read its mode.
dir_ok = dmode is None or not (dmode & 0o077)
if dmode is not None and not dir_ok:
problems.append(
f"the containing directory is accessible to other users (mode {dmode:04o}); "
f"ssh-mcp requires 0700"
)
return {
"path": p,
"mode": fmode,
"file_ok": file_ok,
"dir": p.parent,
"dir_mode": dmode,
"dir_ok": dir_ok,
"ok": file_ok and dir_ok,
"problems": problems,
}
def fix_permissions(
path: str | os.PathLike,
*,
platform: str | None = None,
chmod=None,
) -> tuple[bool, str | None]:
"""Tighten a config file to 0600 and its directory to 0700. POSIX only.
Returns ``(changed, note)``. On Windows: ``(False, None)`` — nothing to do.
``chmod`` is an injectable ``(path, mode) -> None`` so tests don't touch real
files; it defaults to ``os.chmod``. Only the bits that are currently wrong are
reported, but both file and dir are set unconditionally (cheap and idempotent).
"""
if _is_windows_platform(platform):
return False, None
p = Path(path)
chmod = chmod if chmod is not None else os.chmod
try:
chmod(p, 0o600)
chmod(p.parent, 0o700)
except OSError as e:
return False, f"could not change permissions: {e}"
return True, "set the config file to 0600 and its directory to 0700"
def sidecar_permission_warnings(
data: dict,
*,
platform: str | None = None,
environ: dict | None = None,
home: str | os.PathLike | None = None,
stat_mode=None,
) -> list[str]:
"""Permission advisories for a server's sidecar config (#93 over #91's path).
Resolves the ServerSpec sidecar path, and — when that file exists and is
group/other-accessible — returns a plain-language warning per problem. Empty
list == fine, no sidecar, or Windows. Mirrors ``sidecar_warnings``' shape so
the GUI wiring is identical.
"""
if _is_windows_platform(platform):
return []
spec = resolve_server_spec(data)
if spec is None:
return []
path = sidecar_path(spec, platform=platform, environ=environ, home=home)
if path is None:
return []
status = permission_status(path, platform=platform, stat_mode=stat_mode)
if status is None or status["ok"]:
return []
return [f"{spec.package}: {prob}" for prob in status["problems"]]
def sidecar_permission_fix_target(
data: dict,
*,
platform: str | None = None,
environ: dict | None = None,
home: str | os.PathLike | None = None,
) -> Path | None:
"""The sidecar path a "fix permissions" action should chmod, or None."""
if _is_windows_platform(platform):
return None
spec = resolve_server_spec(data)
if spec is None:
return None
return sidecar_path(spec, platform=platform, environ=environ, home=home)
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
# Validation
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #