Limnoria/plugins/RootWarner.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

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"""
Warns people when they join a channel if their ident is root.
"""

__revision__ = "$Id$"

import plugins

import irclib
import ircmsgs
import ircutils

###
# RootWarner: Warns users who join a channel as root.
###
class RootWarner(irclib.IrcCallback):
    def doJoin(self, irc, msg):
        user = ircutils.userFromHostmask(msg.prefix)
        if user == 'root' or user == '~root':
            irc.queueMsg(ircmsgs.privmsg(msg.nick,
              'Don\'t IRC as root -- it\'s very possible that there is a '\
              'security flaw in latent in your irc client (remember the '\
              'BitchX format string vulnerabilities of days past?) and if '\
              'you\'re IRCing as root, your entire box could be compromised.'))


Class = RootWarner
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