1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/leap/util/fileutil.py b/src/leap/util/fileutil.py
index bb2c243b..cc3bf34b 100644
--- a/src/leap/util/fileutil.py
+++ b/src/leap/util/fileutil.py
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 import errno
 from itertools import chain
+import logging
 import os
 import platform
 import stat
 
 
+logger = logging.getLogger()
+
+
 def is_user_executable(fpath):
     st = os.stat(fpath)
     return bool(st.st_mode & stat.S_IXUSR)
@@ -85,3 +89,23 @@ def mkdir_p(path):
             pass
         else:
             raise
+
+
+def check_and_fix_urw_only(_file):
+    """
+    test for 600 mode and try
+    to set it if anything different found
+    """
+    mode = os.stat(_file).st_mode
+    if mode != int('600', 8):
+        try:
+            logger.warning(
+                'bad permission on %s '
+                'attempting to set 600',
+                _file)
+            os.chmod(_file, stat.S_IRUSR | stat.S_IWUSR)
+        except OSError:
+            logger.error(
+                'error while trying to chmod 600 %s',
+                _file)
+            raise