5 Utilities for interaction with the Linux system
11 Copyright 2008 Steven Barth <steven@midlink.org>
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28 local io = require "io"
29 local os = require "os"
30 local posix = require "posix"
31 local table = require "table"
34 luci.util = require "luci.util"
35 luci.fs = require "luci.fs"
36 luci.ip = require "luci.ip"
38 local tonumber, ipairs, pairs, pcall = tonumber, ipairs, pairs, pcall
41 --- LuCI Linux and POSIX system utilities.
44 --- Execute a given shell command and return the error code
47 -- @param ... Command to call
48 -- @return Error code of the command
50 return os.execute(...) / 256
53 --- Execute a given shell command and capture its standard output
56 -- @param command Command to call
57 -- @return String containg the return the output of the command
60 --- Invoke the luci-flash executable to write an image to the flash memory.
61 -- @param image Local path or URL to image file
62 -- @param kpattern Pattern of files to keep over flash process
63 -- @return Return value of os.execute()
64 function flash(image, kpattern)
65 local cmd = "luci-flash "
67 cmd = cmd .. "-k '" .. kpattern:gsub("'", "") .. "' "
69 cmd = cmd .. "'" .. image:gsub("'", "") .. "' >/dev/null 2>&1"
71 return os.execute(cmd)
74 --- Retrieve information about currently mounted file systems.
75 -- @return Table containing mount information
78 local k = {"fs", "blocks", "used", "available", "percent", "mountpoint"}
79 local ps = luci.util.execi("df")
91 for value in line:gmatch("[^%s]+") do
98 -- this is a rather ugly workaround to cope with wrapped lines in
101 -- /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3
102 -- 114382024 93566472 15005244 86% /mnt/usb
105 if not row[k[2]] then
108 for value in line:gmatch("[^%s]+") do
114 table.insert(data, row)
121 --- Retrieve environment variables. If no variable is given then a table
122 -- containing the whole environment is returned otherwise this function returns
123 -- the corresponding string value for the given name or nil if no such variable
127 -- @param var Name of the environment variable to retrieve (optional)
128 -- @return String containg the value of the specified variable
129 -- @return Table containing all variables if no variable name is given
130 getenv = posix.getenv
132 --- Determine the current hostname.
133 -- @return String containing the system hostname
135 return posix.uname("%n")
138 --- Returns the contents of a documented referred by an URL.
139 -- @param url The URL to retrieve
140 -- @param stream Return a stream instead of a buffer
141 -- @param target Directly write to target file name
142 -- @return String containing the contents of given the URL
143 function httpget(url, stream, target)
145 local source = stream and io.popen or luci.util.exec
146 return source("wget -qO- '"..url:gsub("'", "").."'")
148 return os.execute("wget -qO '%s' '%s'" %
149 {target:gsub("'", ""), url:gsub("'", "")})
153 --- Returns the system load average values.
154 -- @return String containing the average load value 1 minute ago
155 -- @return String containing the average load value 5 minutes ago
156 -- @return String containing the average load value 15 minutes ago
157 -- @return String containing the active and total number of processes
158 -- @return String containing the last used pid
160 local loadavg = io.lines("/proc/loadavg")()
161 return loadavg:match("^(.-) (.-) (.-) (.-) (.-)$")
164 --- Initiate a system reboot.
165 -- @return Return value of os.execute()
167 return os.execute("reboot >/dev/null 2>&1")
170 --- Returns the system type, cpu name and installed physical memory.
171 -- @return String containing the system or platform identifier
172 -- @return String containing hardware model information
173 -- @return String containing the total memory amount in kB
174 -- @return String containing the memory used for caching in kB
175 -- @return String containing the memory used for buffering in kB
176 -- @return String containing the free memory amount in kB
178 local cpuinfo = luci.fs.readfile("/proc/cpuinfo")
179 local meminfo = luci.fs.readfile("/proc/meminfo")
181 local system = cpuinfo:match("system typ.-:%s*([^\n]+)")
183 local memtotal = tonumber(meminfo:match("MemTotal:%s*(%d+)"))
184 local memcached = tonumber(meminfo:match("\nCached:%s*(%d+)"))
185 local memfree = tonumber(meminfo:match("MemFree:%s*(%d+)"))
186 local membuffers = tonumber(meminfo:match("Buffers:%s*(%d+)"))
189 system = posix.uname("%m")
190 model = cpuinfo:match("model name.-:%s*([^\n]+)")
192 model = cpuinfo:match("Processor.-:%s*([^\n]+)")
195 model = cpuinfo:match("cpu model.-:%s*([^\n]+)")
198 return system, model, memtotal, memcached, membuffers, memfree
201 --- Retrieves the output of the "logread" command.
202 -- @return String containing the current log buffer
204 return luci.util.exec("logread")
207 --- Retrieves the output of the "dmesg" command.
208 -- @return String containing the current log buffer
210 return luci.util.exec("dmesg")
213 --- Generates a random id with specified length.
214 -- @param bytes Number of bytes for the unique id
215 -- @return String containing hex encoded id
216 function uniqueid(bytes)
217 local fp = io.open("/dev/urandom")
218 local chunk = { fp:read(bytes):byte(1, bytes) }
223 local pattern = "%02X"
224 for i, byte in ipairs(chunk) do
225 hex = hex .. pattern:format(byte)
231 --- Returns the current system uptime stats.
232 -- @return String containing total uptime in seconds
233 -- @return String containing idle time in seconds
235 local loadavg = io.lines("/proc/uptime")()
236 return loadavg:match("^(.-) (.-)$")
239 --- LuCI system utilities / POSIX user group related functions.
241 -- @name luci.sys.group
244 --- Returns information about a POSIX user group.
247 -- @param group Group ID or name of a system user group
248 -- @return Table with information about the requested group
249 group.getgroup = posix.getgroup
252 --- LuCI system utilities / network related functions.
254 -- @name luci.sys.net
257 --- Returns the current arp-table entries as two-dimensional table.
258 -- @return Table of table containing the current arp entries.
259 -- The following fields are defined for arp entry objects:
260 -- { "IP address", "HW address", "HW type", "Flags", "Mask", "Device" }
261 function net.arptable()
262 return _parse_delimited_table(io.lines("/proc/net/arp"), "%s%s+")
265 --- Returns conntrack information
266 -- @return Table with the currently tracked IP connections
267 function net.conntrack()
269 if luci.fs.access("/proc/net/nf_conntrack") then
270 for line in io.lines("/proc/net/nf_conntrack") do
271 local entry, flags = _parse_mixed_record(line, " +")
272 entry.layer3 = flags[1]
273 entry.layer4 = flags[2]
278 connt[#connt+1] = entry
280 elseif luci.fs.access("/proc/net/ip_conntrack") then
281 for line in io.lines("/proc/net/ip_conntrack") do
282 local entry, flags = _parse_mixed_record(line, " +")
283 entry.layer3 = "ipv4"
284 entry.layer4 = flags[1]
289 connt[#connt+1] = entry
297 --- Determine the current default route.
298 -- @return Table with the properties of the current default route.
299 -- The following fields are defined:
300 -- { "Mask", "RefCnt", "Iface", "Flags", "Window", "IRTT",
301 -- "MTU", "Gateway", "Destination", "Metric", "Use" }
302 function net.defaultroute()
303 local routes = net.routes()
306 for i, r in pairs(luci.sys.net.routes()) do
307 if r.Destination == "00000000" and (not route or route.Metric > r.Metric) then
315 --- Determine the names of available network interfaces.
316 -- @return Table containing all current interface names
317 function net.devices()
319 for line in io.lines("/proc/net/dev") do
320 table.insert(devices, line:match(" *(.-):"))
326 --- Return information about available network interfaces.
327 -- @return Table containing all current interface names and their information
328 function net.deviceinfo()
330 for line in io.lines("/proc/net/dev") do
331 local name, data = line:match("^ *(.-): *(.*)$")
332 if name and data then
333 devices[name] = luci.util.split(data, " +", nil, true)
340 -- Determine the MAC address belonging to the given IP address.
341 -- @param ip IPv4 address
342 -- @return String containing the MAC address or nil if it cannot be found
343 function net.ip4mac(ip)
346 for i, l in ipairs(net.arptable()) do
347 if l["IP address"] == ip then
348 mac = l["HW address"]
355 --- Returns the current kernel routing table entries.
356 -- @return Table of tables with properties of the corresponding routes.
357 -- The following fields are defined for route entry tables:
358 -- { "Mask", "RefCnt", "Iface", "Flags", "Window", "IRTT",
359 -- "MTU", "Gateway", "Destination", "Metric", "Use" }
360 function net.routes()
361 return _parse_delimited_table(io.lines("/proc/net/route"))
364 --- Returns the current ipv6 kernel routing table entries.
365 -- @return Table of tables with properties of the corresponding routes.
366 -- The following fields are defined for route entry tables:
367 -- { "src_ip", "src_prefix", "dst_ip", "dst_prefix", "nexthop_ip",
368 -- "metric", "refcount", "usecount", "flags", "device" }
369 function net.routes6()
372 for line in io.lines("/proc/net/ipv6_route") do
374 local dst_ip, dst_prefix, src_ip, src_prefix, nexthop,
375 metric, refcnt, usecnt, flags, dev = line:match(
376 "([a-f0-9]+) ([a-f0-9]+) " ..
377 "([a-f0-9]+) ([a-f0-9]+) " ..
378 "([a-f0-9]+) ([a-f0-9]+) " ..
379 "(%d+) (%d+) ([^%s]+) +([^%s]+)"
381 src_ip = luci.ip.Hex(
382 src_ip, tonumber(src_prefix, 16),
383 luci.ip.FAMILY_INET6, false
386 dst_ip = luci.ip.Hex(
387 dst_ip, tonumber(dst_prefix, 16),
388 luci.ip.FAMILY_INET6, false
391 nexthop = luci.ip.Hex( nexthop, 128, luci.ip.FAMILY_INET6, false )
393 routes[#routes+1] = {
394 src_ip = src_ip:host():string(),
395 src_prefix = src_ip:prefix(),
396 dst_ip = dst_ip:host():string(),
397 dst_prefix = dst_ip:prefix(),
398 nexthop_ip = nexthop:string(),
399 metric = tonumber(metric, 16),
400 refcount = tonumber(refcnt),
401 usecount = tonumber(usecnt),
402 flags = tonumber(flags), -- hex?
410 --- Tests whether the given host responds to ping probes.
411 -- @param host String containing a hostname or IPv4 address
412 -- @return Number containing 0 on success and >= 1 on error
413 function net.pingtest(host)
414 return os.execute("ping -c1 '"..host:gsub("'", '').."' >/dev/null 2>&1")
418 --- LuCI system utilities / process related functions.
420 -- @name luci.sys.process
423 --- Get the current process id.
425 -- @name process.info
426 -- @return Number containing the current pid
427 process.info = posix.getpid
429 --- Retrieve information about currently running processes.
430 -- @return Table containing process information
431 function process.list()
434 local ps = luci.util.execi("top -bn1")
446 k = luci.util.split(luci.util.trim(line), "%s+", nil, true)
447 if k[1] == "PID" then
455 line = luci.util.trim(line)
456 for i, value in ipairs(luci.util.split(line, "%s+", #k-1, true)) do
460 local pid = tonumber(row[k[1]])
469 --- Set the gid of a process identified by given pid.
470 -- @param pid Number containing the process id
471 -- @param gid Number containing the Unix group id
472 -- @return Boolean indicating successful operation
473 -- @return String containing the error message if failed
474 -- @return Number containing the error code if failed
475 function process.setgroup(pid, gid)
476 return posix.setpid("g", pid, gid)
479 --- Set the uid of a process identified by given pid.
480 -- @param pid Number containing the process id
481 -- @param uid Number containing the Unix user id
482 -- @return Boolean indicating successful operation
483 -- @return String containing the error message if failed
484 -- @return Number containing the error code if failed
485 function process.setuser(pid, uid)
486 return posix.setpid("u", pid, uid)
489 --- Send a signal to a process identified by given pid.
491 -- @name process.signal
492 -- @param pid Number containing the process id
493 -- @param sig Signal to send (default: 15 [SIGTERM])
494 -- @return Boolean indicating successful operation
495 -- @return Number containing the error code if failed
496 process.signal = posix.kill
499 --- LuCI system utilities / user related functions.
501 -- @name luci.sys.user
504 --- Retrieve user informations for given uid.
507 -- @param uid Number containing the Unix user id
508 -- @return Table containing the following fields:
509 -- { "uid", "gid", "name", "passwd", "dir", "shell", "gecos" }
510 user.getuser = posix.getpasswd
512 --- Test whether given string matches the password of a given system user.
513 -- @param username String containing the Unix user name
514 -- @param password String containing the password to compare
515 -- @return Boolean indicating wheather the passwords are equal
516 function user.checkpasswd(username, password)
517 local account = user.getuser(username)
520 local pwd = account.passwd
523 if luci.fs.stat("/etc/shadow") then
524 if not pcall(function()
525 for l in io.lines("/etc/shadow") do
526 shadowpw = l:match("^%s:([^:]+)" % username)
533 return nil, "Unable to access shadow-file"
542 if pwd and #pwd > 0 and password and #password > 0 then
543 return (pwd == posix.crypt(password, pwd))
550 --- Change the password of given user.
551 -- @param username String containing the Unix user name
552 -- @param password String containing the password to compare
553 -- @return Number containing 0 on success and >= 1 on error
554 function user.setpasswd(username, password)
556 password = password:gsub("'", "")
560 username = username:gsub("'", "")
563 local cmd = "(echo '"..password.."';sleep 1;echo '"..password.."')|"
564 cmd = cmd .. "passwd '"..username.."' >/dev/null 2>&1"
565 return os.execute(cmd)
569 --- LuCI system utilities / wifi related functions.
571 -- @name luci.sys.wifi
574 --- Get iwconfig output for all wireless devices.
575 -- @return Table of tables containing the iwconfing output for each wifi device
576 function wifi.getiwconfig()
577 local cnt = luci.util.exec("/usr/sbin/iwconfig 2>/dev/null")
580 for i, l in pairs(luci.util.split(luci.util.trim(cnt), "\n\n")) do
581 local k = l:match("^(.-) ")
582 l = l:gsub("^(.-) +", "", 1)
584 local entry, flags = _parse_mixed_record(l)
595 --- Get iwlist scan output from all wireless devices.
596 -- @return Table of tables contaiing all scan results
597 function wifi.iwscan(iface)
598 local siface = iface or ""
599 local cnt = luci.util.exec("iwlist "..siface.." scan 2>/dev/null")
602 for i, l in pairs(luci.util.split(luci.util.trim(cnt), "\n\n")) do
603 local k = l:match("^(.-) ")
604 l = l:gsub("^[^\n]+", "", 1)
605 l = luci.util.trim(l)
608 for j, c in pairs(luci.util.split(l, "\n Cell")) do
609 c = c:gsub("^(.-)- ", "", 1)
610 c = luci.util.split(c, "\n", 7)
611 c = table.concat(c, "\n", 1)
612 local entry, flags = _parse_mixed_record(c)
616 table.insert(iws[k], entry)
621 return iface and (iws[iface] or {}) or iws
625 --- LuCI system utilities / init related functions.
627 -- @name luci.sys.init
629 init.dir = "/etc/init.d/"
631 --- Get the names of all installed init scripts
632 -- @return Table containing the names of all inistalled init scripts
633 function init.names()
635 for _, name in ipairs(luci.fs.glob(init.dir.."*")) do
636 names[#names+1] = luci.fs.basename(name)
641 --- Test whether the given init script is enabled
642 -- @param name Name of the init script
643 -- @return Boolean indicating whether init is enabled
644 function init.enabled(name)
645 if luci.fs.access(init.dir..name) then
646 return ( call(init.dir..name.." enabled") == 0 )
651 --- Get the index of he given init script
652 -- @param name Name of the init script
653 -- @return Numeric index value
654 function init.index(name)
655 if luci.fs.access(init.dir..name) then
656 return call("source "..init.dir..name.."; exit $START")
660 --- Enable the given init script
661 -- @param name Name of the init script
662 -- @return Boolean indicating success
663 function init.enable(name)
664 if luci.fs.access(init.dir..name) then
665 return ( call(init.dir..name.." enable") == 1 )
669 --- Disable the given init script
670 -- @param name Name of the init script
671 -- @return Boolean indicating success
672 function init.disable(name)
673 if luci.fs.access(init.dir..name) then
674 return ( call(init.dir..name.." disable") == 0 )
679 -- Internal functions
681 function _parse_delimited_table(iter, delimiter)
682 delimiter = delimiter or "%s+"
685 local trim = luci.util.trim
686 local split = luci.util.split
688 local keys = split(trim(iter()), delimiter, nil, true)
689 for i, j in pairs(keys) do
690 keys[i] = trim(keys[i])
697 for i, j in pairs(split(line, delimiter, nil, true)) do
703 table.insert(data, row)
709 function _parse_mixed_record(cnt, delimiter)
710 delimiter = delimiter or " "
714 for i, l in pairs(luci.util.split(luci.util.trim(cnt), "\n")) do
715 for j, f in pairs(luci.util.split(luci.util.trim(l), delimiter, nil, true)) do
716 local k, x, v = f:match('([^%s][^:=]+) *([:=]*) *"*([^\n"]*)"*')
720 table.insert(flags, k)