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#!/usr/bin/env python
"""This server runs an XMLRPC server that can be submitted code and tests
and returns the output.  It *should* be run as root and will run as the user 
'nobody' so as to minimize any damange by errant code.  This can be configured 
by editing settings.py to run as many servers as desired.  One can also
specify the ports on the command line.  Here are examples::

  $ sudo ./python_server.py
  # Runs servers based on settings.py:SERVER_PORTS one server per port given.
  
or::

  $ sudo ./python_server.py 8001 8002 8003 8004 8005
  # Runs 5 servers on ports specified.

All these servers should be running as nobody.
"""
import sys
import traceback
from SimpleXMLRPCServer import SimpleXMLRPCServer
import pwd
import os
from os.path import isdir
import signal
from multiprocessing import Process

# Local imports.
from settings import SERVER_PORTS, SERVER_TIMEOUT


def run_as_nobody():
    """Runs the current process as nobody."""
    # Set the effective uid to that of nobody.
    nobody = pwd.getpwnam('nobody')
    os.setegid(nobody.pw_gid)
    os.seteuid(nobody.pw_uid)

# Raised when the code times-out.
# c.f. http://pguides.net/python/timeout-a-function
class TimeoutException(Exception):
    pass
    
def timeout_handler(signum, frame):
    """A handler for the ALARM signal."""
    raise TimeoutException('Code took too long to run.')


def run_code(answer, test_code, in_dir=None):
    """Tests given Python function (`answer`) with the `test_code` supplied.  
    If the optional `in_dir` keyword argument is supplied it changes the 
    directory to that directory (it does not change it back to the original when
    done).  This function also timesout when the function takes more than 
    SERVER_TIMEOUT seconds to run to prevent runaway code.

    Returns
    -------
    
    A tuple: (success, error message).
    
    """
    if in_dir is not None and isdir(in_dir):
        os.chdir(in_dir)
        
    # Add a new signal handler for the execution of this code.
    old_handler = signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, timeout_handler)
    signal.alarm(SERVER_TIMEOUT)
     
    success = False
    tb = None
    try:
        submitted = compile(answer, '<string>', mode='exec')
        g = {}
        exec submitted in g
        _tests = compile(test_code, '<string>', mode='exec')
        exec _tests in g
    except TimeoutException:
        err = 'Code took more than %s seconds to run.'%SERVER_TIMEOUT
    except AssertionError:
        type, value, tb = sys.exc_info()
        info = traceback.extract_tb(tb)
        fname, lineno, func, text = info[-1]
        text = str(test_code).splitlines()[lineno-1]
        err = "{0} {1} in: {2}".format(type.__name__, str(value), text)
    except:
        type, value = sys.exc_info()[:2]
        err = "Error: {0}".format(repr(value))
    else:
        success = True
        err = 'Correct answer'
    finally:
        del tb
        # Set back any original signal handler.
        signal.signal(signal.SIGALRM, old_handler) 
        
    # Cancel the signal if any, see signal.alarm documentation.
    signal.alarm(0)

    return success, err

def run_server(port):
    server = SimpleXMLRPCServer(("localhost", port))
    server.register_function(run_code)
    server.serve_forever()

def main():
    run_as_nobody()
    if len(sys.argv) == 1:
        ports = SERVER_PORTS
    else:
        ports = [int(x) for x in sys.argv[1:]]

    for port in ports:
        p = Process(target=run_server,  args=(port,))
        p.start()
    
if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()