mark created mountpoints to remove them safely afterwards

src/cryptobox/core/container.py

@@ -11,16 +11,6 @@ import re
 import logging
 from cryptobox.core.exceptions import *
 
-"""exceptions:
-	CBVolumeIsActive
-	CBNameActivelyUsed
-	CBInvalidName
-	CBInvalidPassword
-	CBInvalidType
-	CBCreateError
-	CBMountError
-	CBChangePasswordError
-	"""
 
 ContainerTypes = {
 	"unused":0,
@@ -30,6 +20,11 @@ ContainerTypes = {
 	}
 
 
+## we use this marker to make sure, that we do not remove a non-cryptobox directory
+## below the mount directory
+MOUNT_DIR_MARKER = '_cryptobox_mount_dir_'
+
+
 class CryptoBoxContainer:
 
 	__fsTypes = {
@@ -377,7 +372,7 @@ class CryptoBoxContainer:
 			self.log.warn("Could not open %s" % (os.devnull, ))
 		self.__cleanMountDirs()
 		if not os.path.exists(self.__getMountPoint()):
-			os.mkdir(self.__getMountPoint())
+			self.__createMountDirectory(self.__getMountPoint())
 		if not os.path.exists(self.__getMountPoint()):
 			errorMsg = "Could not create mountpoint (%s)" % (self.__getMountPoint(), )
 			self.log.error(errorMsg)
@@ -478,7 +473,7 @@ class CryptoBoxContainer:
 			self.log.warn("Could not open %s" % (os.devnull, ))
 		self.__cleanMountDirs()
 		if not os.path.exists(self.__getMountPoint()):
-			os.mkdir(self.__getMountPoint())
+			self.__createMountDirectory(self.__getMountPoint())
 		if not os.path.exists(self.__getMountPoint()):
 			errorMsg = "Could not create mountpoint (%s)" % (self.__getMountPoint(), )
 			self.log.error(errorMsg)
@@ -637,11 +632,32 @@ class CryptoBoxContainer:
 		"""	remove all unnecessary subdirs of the mount parent directory
 			this should be called for every (u)mount	"""
 		subdirs = os.listdir(self.cbox.prefs["Locations"]["MountParentDir"])
-		for dir in subdirs:
-			abs_dir = os.path.join(self.cbox.prefs["Locations"]["MountParentDir"], dir)
-			if (not os.path.islink(abs_dir)) and os.path.isdir(abs_dir) and (not os.path.ismount(abs_dir)):
-				os.rmdir(abs_dir)
+		for d in subdirs:
+			abs_dir = os.path.join(self.cbox.prefs["Locations"]["MountParentDir"], d)
+			if (not os.path.islink(abs_dir)) \
+					and os.path.isdir(abs_dir) \
+					and (not os.path.ismount(abs_dir)) \
+					and (os.path.isfile(os.path.join(abs_dir,MOUNT_DIR_MARKER))) \
+					and (len(os.listdir(abs_dir)) == 1):
+				try:
+					os.remove(os.path.join(abs_dir,MOUNT_DIR_MARKER))
+					os.rmdir(abs_dir)
+				except OSError,errMsg:
+					## we do not care too much about unclean cleaning ...
+					self.log.info("failed to clean a mountpoint (%s): %s" % (abs_dir,str(errMsg)))
+	
 
+	def __createMountDirectory(self,dirname):
+		"""create and mark a mount directory
+		this marking helps to remove old mountdirs safely"""
+		os.mkdir(dirname)
+		try:
+			f = file(os.path.join(dirname,MOUNT_DIR_MARKER),"w")
+			f.close()
+		except OSError,errMsg:
+			## we do not care too much about the marking
+			self.log.info("failed to mark a mountpoint (%s): %s" % (dirname,str(errMsg)))
+		
 
 	def __getEventArgs(self):
 		"""return an array of arguments for event scripts handling pre/post-mount/umount

src/cryptobox/core/main.py

@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 '''
 This is the web interface for a fileserver managing encrypted filesystems.
- 
-It was originally written in bash/perl. Now a complete rewrite is in
-progress. So things might be confusing here. Hopefully not for long.
-:)
 '''
 
 # check python version
@@ -26,7 +22,7 @@ VERSION = "0.3~1"
 class CryptoBox:
 	'''this class rules them all!
 
-	put things like logging, conf and oter stuff in here,
+	put things like logging, conf and other stuff in here,
 	that might be used by more classes, it will be passed on to them'''
 
 
@@ -186,7 +182,7 @@ class CryptoBoxProps(CryptoBox):
 		try:
 			result = self.containers[:]
 			if filterType != None:
-				if filterType in range(len(cbxContainer.Types)):
+				if filterType in range(len(cbxContainer.ContainerTypes)):
 					return [e for e in self.containers if e.getType() == filterType]
 				else:
 					self.log.info("invalid filterType (%d)" % filterType)