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 table = require "table"
31 local nixio = require "nixio"
32 local fs = require "nixio.fs"
35 luci.util = require "luci.util"
36 luci.ip = require "luci.ip"
38 local tonumber, ipairs, pairs, pcall, type, next =
39 tonumber, ipairs, pairs, pcall, type, next
42 --- LuCI Linux and POSIX system utilities.
45 --- Execute a given shell command and return the error code
48 -- @param ... Command to call
49 -- @return Error code of the command
51 return os.execute(...) / 256
54 --- Execute a given shell command and capture its standard output
57 -- @param command Command to call
58 -- @return String containg the return the output of the command
61 --- Invoke the luci-flash executable to write an image to the flash memory.
62 -- @param image Local path or URL to image file
63 -- @param kpattern Pattern of files to keep over flash process
64 -- @return Return value of os.execute()
65 function flash(image, kpattern)
66 local cmd = "luci-flash "
68 cmd = cmd .. "-k '" .. kpattern:gsub("'", "") .. "' "
70 cmd = cmd .. "'" .. image:gsub("'", "") .. "' >/dev/null 2>&1"
72 return os.execute(cmd)
75 --- Retrieve information about currently mounted file systems.
76 -- @return Table containing mount information
79 local k = {"fs", "blocks", "used", "available", "percent", "mountpoint"}
80 local ps = luci.util.execi("df")
92 for value in line:gmatch("[^%s]+") do
99 -- this is a rather ugly workaround to cope with wrapped lines in
102 -- /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part3
103 -- 114382024 93566472 15005244 86% /mnt/usb
106 if not row[k[2]] then
109 for value in line:gmatch("[^%s]+") do
115 table.insert(data, row)
122 --- Retrieve environment variables. If no variable is given then a table
123 -- containing the whole environment is returned otherwise this function returns
124 -- the corresponding string value for the given name or nil if no such variable
128 -- @param var Name of the environment variable to retrieve (optional)
129 -- @return String containg the value of the specified variable
130 -- @return Table containing all variables if no variable name is given
131 getenv = nixio.getenv
133 --- Get or set the current hostname.
134 -- @param String containing a new hostname to set (optional)
135 -- @return String containing the system hostname
136 function hostname(newname)
137 if type(newname) == "string" and #newname > 0 then
138 fs.writefile( "/proc/sys/kernel/hostname", newname )
141 return nixio.uname().nodename
145 --- Returns the contents of a documented referred by an URL.
146 -- @param url The URL to retrieve
147 -- @param stream Return a stream instead of a buffer
148 -- @param target Directly write to target file name
149 -- @return String containing the contents of given the URL
150 function httpget(url, stream, target)
152 local source = stream and io.popen or luci.util.exec
153 return source("wget -qO- '"..url:gsub("'", "").."'")
155 return os.execute("wget -qO '%s' '%s'" %
156 {target:gsub("'", ""), url:gsub("'", "")})
160 --- Returns the system load average values.
161 -- @return String containing the average load value 1 minute ago
162 -- @return String containing the average load value 5 minutes ago
163 -- @return String containing the average load value 15 minutes ago
165 local info = nixio.sysinfo()
166 return info.loads[1], info.loads[2], info.loads[3]
169 --- Initiate a system reboot.
170 -- @return Return value of os.execute()
172 return os.execute("reboot >/dev/null 2>&1")
175 --- Returns the system type, cpu name and installed physical memory.
176 -- @return String containing the system or platform identifier
177 -- @return String containing hardware model information
178 -- @return String containing the total memory amount in kB
179 -- @return String containing the memory used for caching in kB
180 -- @return String containing the memory used for buffering in kB
181 -- @return String containing the free memory amount in kB
183 local cpuinfo = fs.readfile("/proc/cpuinfo")
184 local meminfo = fs.readfile("/proc/meminfo")
186 local system = cpuinfo:match("system typ.-:%s*([^\n]+)")
188 local memtotal = tonumber(meminfo:match("MemTotal:%s*(%d+)"))
189 local memcached = tonumber(meminfo:match("\nCached:%s*(%d+)"))
190 local memfree = tonumber(meminfo:match("MemFree:%s*(%d+)"))
191 local membuffers = tonumber(meminfo:match("Buffers:%s*(%d+)"))
194 system = nixio.uname().machine
195 model = cpuinfo:match("model name.-:%s*([^\n]+)")
197 model = cpuinfo:match("Processor.-:%s*([^\n]+)")
200 model = cpuinfo:match("cpu model.-:%s*([^\n]+)")
203 return system, model, memtotal, memcached, membuffers, memfree
206 --- Retrieves the output of the "logread" command.
207 -- @return String containing the current log buffer
209 return luci.util.exec("logread")
212 --- Retrieves the output of the "dmesg" command.
213 -- @return String containing the current log buffer
215 return luci.util.exec("dmesg")
218 --- Generates a random id with specified length.
219 -- @param bytes Number of bytes for the unique id
220 -- @return String containing hex encoded id
221 function uniqueid(bytes)
222 local rand = fs.readfile("/dev/urandom", bytes)
223 return rand and nixio.bin.hexlify(rand)
226 --- Returns the current system uptime stats.
227 -- @return String containing total uptime in seconds
229 return nixio.sysinfo().uptime
233 --- LuCI system utilities / network related functions.
235 -- @name luci.sys.net
238 --- Returns the current arp-table entries as two-dimensional table.
239 -- @return Table of table containing the current arp entries.
240 -- The following fields are defined for arp entry objects:
241 -- { "IP address", "HW address", "HW type", "Flags", "Mask", "Device" }
242 function net.arptable(callback)
243 return _parse_delimited_table(io.lines("/proc/net/arp"), "%s%s+", callback)
246 --- Returns conntrack information
247 -- @return Table with the currently tracked IP connections
248 function net.conntrack(callback)
250 if fs.access("/proc/net/nf_conntrack", "r") then
251 for line in io.lines("/proc/net/nf_conntrack") do
252 line = line:match "^(.-( [^ =]+=).-)%2"
253 local entry, flags = _parse_mixed_record(line, " +")
254 entry.layer3 = flags[1]
255 entry.layer4 = flags[3]
263 connt[#connt+1] = entry
266 elseif fs.access("/proc/net/ip_conntrack", "r") then
267 for line in io.lines("/proc/net/ip_conntrack") do
268 line = line:match "^(.-( [^ =]+=).-)%2"
269 local entry, flags = _parse_mixed_record(line, " +")
270 entry.layer3 = "ipv4"
271 entry.layer4 = flags[1]
279 connt[#connt+1] = entry
288 --- Determine the current IPv4 default route. If multiple default routes exist,
289 -- return the one with the lowest metric.
290 -- @return Table with the properties of the current default route.
291 -- The following fields are defined:
292 -- { "dest", "gateway", "metric", "refcount", "usecount", "irtt",
293 -- "flags", "device" }
294 function net.defaultroute()
297 net.routes(function(rt)
298 if rt.dest:prefix() == 0 and (not route or route.metric > rt.metric) then
306 --- Determine the current IPv6 default route. If multiple default routes exist,
307 -- return the one with the lowest metric.
308 -- @return Table with the properties of the current default route.
309 -- The following fields are defined:
310 -- { "source", "dest", "nexthop", "metric", "refcount", "usecount",
311 -- "flags", "device" }
312 function net.defaultroute6()
315 net.routes6(function(rt)
316 if rt.dest:prefix() == 0 and (not route or route.metric > rt.metric) then
324 --- Determine the names of available network interfaces.
325 -- @return Table containing all current interface names
326 function net.devices()
328 for k, v in ipairs(nixio.getifaddrs()) do
329 if v.family == "packet" then
330 devs[#devs+1] = v.name
337 --- Return information about available network interfaces.
338 -- @return Table containing all current interface names and their information
339 function net.deviceinfo()
341 for k, v in ipairs(nixio.getifaddrs()) do
342 if v.family == "packet" then
367 -- Determine the MAC address belonging to the given IP address.
368 -- @param ip IPv4 address
369 -- @return String containing the MAC address or nil if it cannot be found
370 function net.ip4mac(ip)
372 net.arptable(function(e)
373 if e["IP address"] == ip then
374 mac = e["HW address"]
380 --- Returns the current kernel routing table entries.
381 -- @return Table of tables with properties of the corresponding routes.
382 -- The following fields are defined for route entry tables:
383 -- { "dest", "gateway", "metric", "refcount", "usecount", "irtt",
384 -- "flags", "device" }
385 function net.routes(callback)
388 for line in io.lines("/proc/net/route") do
390 local dev, dst_ip, gateway, flags, refcnt, usecnt, metric,
391 dst_mask, mtu, win, irtt = line:match(
392 "([^%s]+)\t([A-F0-9]+)\t([A-F0-9]+)\t([A-F0-9]+)\t" ..
393 "(%d+)\t(%d+)\t(%d+)\t([A-F0-9]+)\t(%d+)\t(%d+)\t(%d+)"
397 gateway = luci.ip.Hex( gateway, 32, luci.ip.FAMILY_INET4 )
398 dst_mask = luci.ip.Hex( dst_mask, 32, luci.ip.FAMILY_INET4 )
399 dst_ip = luci.ip.Hex(
400 dst_ip, dst_mask:prefix(dst_mask), luci.ip.FAMILY_INET4
406 metric = tonumber(metric),
407 refcount = tonumber(refcnt),
408 usecount = tonumber(usecnt),
410 window = tonumber(window),
411 irtt = tonumber(irtt),
412 flags = tonumber(flags, 16),
419 routes[#routes+1] = rt
427 --- Returns the current ipv6 kernel routing table entries.
428 -- @return Table of tables with properties of the corresponding routes.
429 -- The following fields are defined for route entry tables:
430 -- { "source", "dest", "nexthop", "metric", "refcount", "usecount",
431 -- "flags", "device" }
432 function net.routes6(callback)
433 if fs.access("/proc/net/ipv6_route", "r") then
436 for line in io.lines("/proc/net/ipv6_route") do
438 local dst_ip, dst_prefix, src_ip, src_prefix, nexthop,
439 metric, refcnt, usecnt, flags, dev = line:match(
440 "([a-f0-9]+) ([a-f0-9]+) " ..
441 "([a-f0-9]+) ([a-f0-9]+) " ..
442 "([a-f0-9]+) ([a-f0-9]+) " ..
443 "([a-f0-9]+) ([a-f0-9]+) " ..
444 "([a-f0-9]+) +([^%s]+)"
447 src_ip = luci.ip.Hex(
448 src_ip, tonumber(src_prefix, 16), luci.ip.FAMILY_INET6, false
451 dst_ip = luci.ip.Hex(
452 dst_ip, tonumber(dst_prefix, 16), luci.ip.FAMILY_INET6, false
455 nexthop = luci.ip.Hex( nexthop, 128, luci.ip.FAMILY_INET6, false )
461 metric = tonumber(metric, 16),
462 refcount = tonumber(refcnt, 16),
463 usecount = tonumber(usecnt, 16),
464 flags = tonumber(flags, 16),
467 -- lua number is too small for storing the metric
468 -- add a metric_raw field with the original content
475 routes[#routes+1] = rt
483 --- Tests whether the given host responds to ping probes.
484 -- @param host String containing a hostname or IPv4 address
485 -- @return Number containing 0 on success and >= 1 on error
486 function net.pingtest(host)
487 return os.execute("ping -c1 '"..host:gsub("'", '').."' >/dev/null 2>&1")
491 --- LuCI system utilities / process related functions.
493 -- @name luci.sys.process
496 --- Get the current process id.
498 -- @name process.info
499 -- @return Number containing the current pid
500 function process.info(key)
501 local s = {uid = nixio.getuid(), gid = nixio.getgid()}
502 return not key and s or s[key]
505 --- Retrieve information about currently running processes.
506 -- @return Table containing process information
507 function process.list()
510 local ps = luci.util.execi("top -bn1")
522 k = luci.util.split(luci.util.trim(line), "%s+", nil, true)
523 if k[1] == "PID" then
531 line = luci.util.trim(line)
532 for i, value in ipairs(luci.util.split(line, "%s+", #k-1, true)) do
536 local pid = tonumber(row[k[1]])
545 --- Set the gid of a process identified by given pid.
546 -- @param gid Number containing the Unix group id
547 -- @return Boolean indicating successful operation
548 -- @return String containing the error message if failed
549 -- @return Number containing the error code if failed
550 function process.setgroup(gid)
551 return nixio.setgid(gid)
554 --- Set the uid of a process identified by given pid.
555 -- @param uid Number containing the Unix user id
556 -- @return Boolean indicating successful operation
557 -- @return String containing the error message if failed
558 -- @return Number containing the error code if failed
559 function process.setuser(uid)
560 return nixio.setuid(uid)
563 --- Send a signal to a process identified by given pid.
565 -- @name process.signal
566 -- @param pid Number containing the process id
567 -- @param sig Signal to send (default: 15 [SIGTERM])
568 -- @return Boolean indicating successful operation
569 -- @return Number containing the error code if failed
570 process.signal = nixio.kill
573 --- LuCI system utilities / user related functions.
575 -- @name luci.sys.user
578 --- Retrieve user informations for given uid.
581 -- @param uid Number containing the Unix user id
582 -- @return Table containing the following fields:
583 -- { "uid", "gid", "name", "passwd", "dir", "shell", "gecos" }
584 user.getuser = nixio.getpw
586 --- Test whether given string matches the password of a given system user.
587 -- @param username String containing the Unix user name
588 -- @param pass String containing the password to compare
589 -- @return Boolean indicating wheather the passwords are equal
590 function user.checkpasswd(username, pass)
591 local pwe = nixio.getsp and nixio.getsp(username) or nixio.getpw(username)
592 local pwh = pwe and (pwe.pwdp or pwe.passwd)
593 if not pwh or #pwh < 1 or pwh ~= "!" and nixio.crypt(pass, pwh) ~= pwh then
600 --- Change the password of given user.
601 -- @param username String containing the Unix user name
602 -- @param password String containing the password to compare
603 -- @return Number containing 0 on success and >= 1 on error
604 function user.setpasswd(username, password)
606 password = password:gsub("'", "")
610 username = username:gsub("'", "")
613 local cmd = "(echo '"..password.."';sleep 1;echo '"..password.."')|"
614 cmd = cmd .. "passwd '"..username.."' >/dev/null 2>&1"
615 return os.execute(cmd)
619 --- LuCI system utilities / wifi related functions.
621 -- @name luci.sys.wifi
624 --- Get iwconfig output for all wireless devices.
625 -- @return Table of tables containing the iwconfing output for each wifi device
626 function wifi.getiwconfig()
627 local cnt = luci.util.exec("PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin iwconfig 2>/dev/null")
630 for i, l in pairs(luci.util.split(luci.util.trim(cnt), "\n\n")) do
631 local k = l:match("^(.-) ")
632 l = l:gsub("^(.-) +", "", 1)
634 local entry, flags = _parse_mixed_record(l)
645 --- Get iwlist scan output from all wireless devices.
646 -- @return Table of tables contaiing all scan results
647 function wifi.iwscan(iface)
648 local siface = iface or ""
649 local cnt = luci.util.exec("iwlist "..siface.." scan 2>/dev/null")
652 for i, l in pairs(luci.util.split(luci.util.trim(cnt), "\n\n")) do
653 local k = l:match("^(.-) ")
654 l = l:gsub("^[^\n]+", "", 1)
655 l = luci.util.trim(l)
658 for j, c in pairs(luci.util.split(l, "\n Cell")) do
659 c = c:gsub("^(.-)- ", "", 1)
660 c = luci.util.split(c, "\n", 7)
661 c = table.concat(c, "\n", 1)
662 local entry, flags = _parse_mixed_record(c)
666 table.insert(iws[k], entry)
671 return iface and (iws[iface] or {}) or iws
674 --- Get available channels from given wireless iface.
675 -- @param iface Wireless interface (optional)
676 -- @return Table of available channels
677 function wifi.channels(iface)
678 local cmd = "iwlist " .. ( iface or "" ) .. " freq 2>/dev/null"
681 local fd = io.popen(cmd)
686 if not ln then break end
687 c, f = ln:match("Channel (%d+) : (%d+%.%d+) GHz")
689 cns[tonumber(c)] = tonumber(f)
695 if not next(cns) then
697 2.412, 2.417, 2.422, 2.427, 2.432, 2.437,
698 2.442, 2.447, 2.452, 2.457, 2.462
706 --- LuCI system utilities / init related functions.
708 -- @name luci.sys.init
710 init.dir = "/etc/init.d/"
712 --- Get the names of all installed init scripts
713 -- @return Table containing the names of all inistalled init scripts
714 function init.names()
716 for name in fs.glob(init.dir.."*") do
717 names[#names+1] = fs.basename(name)
722 --- Test whether the given init script is enabled
723 -- @param name Name of the init script
724 -- @return Boolean indicating whether init is enabled
725 function init.enabled(name)
726 if fs.access(init.dir..name) then
727 return ( call(init.dir..name.." enabled") == 0 )
732 --- Get the index of he given init script
733 -- @param name Name of the init script
734 -- @return Numeric index value
735 function init.index(name)
736 if fs.access(init.dir..name) then
737 return call("source "..init.dir..name.."; exit $START")
741 --- Enable the given init script
742 -- @param name Name of the init script
743 -- @return Boolean indicating success
744 function init.enable(name)
745 if fs.access(init.dir..name) then
746 return ( call(init.dir..name.." enable") == 1 )
750 --- Disable the given init script
751 -- @param name Name of the init script
752 -- @return Boolean indicating success
753 function init.disable(name)
754 if fs.access(init.dir..name) then
755 return ( call(init.dir..name.." disable") == 0 )
760 -- Internal functions
762 function _parse_delimited_table(iter, delimiter, callback)
763 delimiter = delimiter or "%s+"
766 local trim = luci.util.trim
767 local split = luci.util.split
769 local keys = split(trim(iter()), delimiter, nil, true)
770 for i, j in pairs(keys) do
771 keys[i] = trim(keys[i])
778 for i, j in pairs(split(line, delimiter, nil, true)) do
795 function _parse_mixed_record(cnt, delimiter)
796 delimiter = delimiter or " "
800 for i, l in pairs(luci.util.split(luci.util.trim(cnt), "\n")) do
801 for j, f in pairs(luci.util.split(luci.util.trim(l), delimiter, nil, true)) do
802 local k, x, v = f:match('([^%s][^:=]*) *([:=]*) *"*([^\n"]*)"*')
806 table.insert(flags, k)