Provide python bindings for the HBAC evaluator library

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diff --git a/src/python/pyhbac.c b/src/python/pyhbac.c
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+/*
+    Authors:
+        Jakub Hrozek <jhrozek@redhat.com>
+
+    Copyright (C) 2011 Red Hat
+
+    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+
+#include <Python.h>
+#include <structmember.h>
+
+#include "util/util.h"
+#include "providers/ipa/ipa_hbac.h"
+
+#define PYTHON_MODULE_NAME  "pyhbac"
+
+#define TYPE_READY(module, type, name) do {         \
+    if (PyType_Ready(&type) < 0)                    \
+        return;                                     \
+    Py_INCREF(&type);                               \
+    PyModule_AddObject(module,                      \
+                       discard_const_p(char, name), \
+                       (PyObject *) &type);         \
+} while(0);                                         \
+
+#define CHECK_ATTRIBUTE_DELETE(attr, attrname) do {         \
+    if (attr == NULL) {                                     \
+        PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,                       \
+                     "Cannot delete the %s attribute",      \
+                      attrname);                            \
+        return -1;                                          \
+    }                                                       \
+} while(0);
+
+#define SAFE_SET(old, new) do {         \
+    PyObject *__simple_set_tmp = NULL;  \
+    __simple_set_tmp = old;             \
+    Py_INCREF(new);                     \
+    old = new;                          \
+    Py_XDECREF(__simple_set_tmp);       \
+} while(0);
+
+static PyObject *PyExc_HbacError;
+
+/* ==================== Utility functions ========================*/
+static char *
+py_strdup(const char *string)
+{
+    char *copy;
+
+    copy = PyMem_New(char, strlen(string)+1);
+    if (copy ==  NULL) {
+        PyErr_NoMemory();
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return strcpy(copy, string);
+}
+
+static char *
+py_strcat_realloc(char *first, char *second)
+{
+    char *new_first;
+    new_first = PyMem_Realloc(first, strlen(first) + strlen(second) + 1);
+    if (new_first == NULL) {
+        PyErr_NoMemory();
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return strcat(new_first, second);
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+get_utf8_string(PyObject *obj, const char *attrname)
+{
+    const char *a = attrname ? attrname : "attribute";
+    PyObject *obj_utf8 = NULL;
+
+    if (PyString_Check(obj)) {
+        obj_utf8 = obj;
+        Py_INCREF(obj_utf8); /* Make sure we can DECREF later */
+    } else if (PyUnicode_Check(obj)) {
+        if ((obj_utf8 = PyUnicode_AsUTF8String(obj)) == NULL) {
+            return NULL;
+        }
+    } else {
+        PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError, "%s must be a string", a);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return obj_utf8;
+}
+
+static void
+free_string_list(const char **list)
+{
+    int i;
+
+    if (!list) return;
+
+    for (i=0; list[i]; i++) {
+        PyMem_Free(discard_const_p(char, list[i]));
+    }
+    PyMem_Free(list);
+}
+
+static const char **
+sequence_as_string_list(PyObject *seq, const char *paramname)
+{
+    const char *p = paramname ? paramname : "attribute values";
+    const char **ret;
+    PyObject *utf_item;
+    int i;
+    Py_ssize_t len;
+    PyObject *item;
+
+    if (!PySequence_Check(seq)) {
+        PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
+                     "The object must be a sequence\n");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    len = PySequence_Size(seq);
+    if (len == -1) return NULL;
+
+    ret = PyMem_New(const char *, (len+1));
+    if (!ret) {
+        PyErr_NoMemory();
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+        item = PySequence_GetItem(seq, i);
+        if (item == NULL) {
+            break;
+        }
+
+        utf_item = get_utf8_string(item, p);
+        if (utf_item == NULL) {
+            return NULL;
+        }
+
+        ret[i] = py_strdup(PyString_AsString(utf_item));
+        Py_DECREF(utf_item);
+        if (!ret[i]) {
+            return NULL;
+        }
+    }
+
+    ret[i] = NULL;
+    return ret;
+}
+
+static bool
+verify_sequence(PyObject *seq, const char *attrname)
+{
+    const char *a = attrname ? attrname : "attribute";
+
+    if (!PySequence_Check(seq)) {
+        PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError, "%s must be a sequence", a);
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+static int
+pyobject_to_category(PyObject *o)
+{
+    int c;
+
+    c = PyInt_AsLong(o);
+    if (c == -1 && PyErr_Occurred()) {
+        PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
+                     "Invalid type for category element - must be an int\n");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    switch (c) {
+        case HBAC_CATEGORY_NULL:
+        case HBAC_CATEGORY_ALL:
+            return c;
+    }
+
+    PyErr_Format(PyExc_ValueError, "Invalid value %d for category\n", c);
+    return -1;
+}
+
+static uint32_t
+native_category(PyObject *pycat)
+{
+    PyObject *iterator;
+    PyObject *item;
+    uint32_t cat;
+    int ret;
+
+    iterator = PyObject_GetIter(pycat);
+    if (iterator == NULL) {
+        PyErr_Format(PyExc_RuntimeError, "Cannot iterate category\n");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    cat = 0;
+    while ((item = PyIter_Next(iterator))) {
+        ret = pyobject_to_category(item);
+        Py_DECREF(item);
+        if (ret == -1) {
+            Py_DECREF(iterator);
+            return -1;
+        }
+
+        cat |= ret;
+    }
+
+    Py_DECREF(iterator);
+    return cat;
+}
+
+static char *
+str_concat_sequence(PyObject *seq, char *delim)
+{
+    Py_ssize_t size;
+    Py_ssize_t i;
+    PyObject *item;
+    char *s = NULL;
+    char *part;
+
+    size = PySequence_Size(seq);
+
+    if (size == 0) {
+        s = py_strdup("");
+        if (s == NULL) {
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        return s;
+    }
+
+    for (i=0; i < size; i++) {
+        item = PySequence_GetItem(seq, i);
+        if (item == NULL) goto fail;
+
+        part = PyString_AsString(item);
+        if (part == NULL) {
+            Py_DECREF(item);
+            goto fail;
+        }
+
+        if (s) {
+            s = py_strcat_realloc(s, delim);
+            if (s == NULL) goto fail;
+            s = py_strcat_realloc(s, part);
+            if (s == NULL) goto fail;
+        } else {
+            s = py_strdup(part);
+            if (s == NULL) goto fail;
+        }
+        Py_DECREF(item);
+        if (s == NULL) {
+            PyErr_NoMemory();
+            goto fail;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return s;
+fail:
+    PyMem_Free(s);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+/* ================= HBAC Exception handling =====================*/
+static void
+set_hbac_exception(PyObject *exc, struct hbac_info *error)
+{
+    PyErr_SetObject(exc,
+                    Py_BuildValue(discard_const_p(char, "(i,s)"),
+                                  error->code,
+                                  error->rule_name ? \
+                                        error->rule_name : "no rule"));
+}
+
+/* ==================== HBAC Rule Element ========================*/
+typedef struct {
+    PyObject_HEAD
+
+    PyObject *category;
+    PyObject *names;
+    PyObject *groups;
+} HbacRuleElement;
+
+static PyObject *
+HbacRuleElement_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
+{
+    HbacRuleElement *self;
+
+    self = (HbacRuleElement *) type->tp_alloc(type, 0);
+    if (self == NULL) {
+        PyErr_NoMemory();
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    self->category = PySet_New(NULL);
+    self->names = PyList_New(0);
+    self->groups = PyList_New(0);
+    if (!self->names || !self->groups || !self->category) {
+        Py_DECREF(self);
+        PyErr_NoMemory();
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return (PyObject *) self;
+}
+
+static int
+HbacRuleElement_clear(HbacRuleElement *self)
+{
+    Py_CLEAR(self->names);
+    Py_CLEAR(self->groups);
+    Py_CLEAR(self->category);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static void
+HbacRuleElement_dealloc(HbacRuleElement *self)
+{
+    HbacRuleElement_clear(self);
+    self->ob_type->tp_free((PyObject*) self);
+}
+
+static int
+HbacRuleElement_traverse(HbacRuleElement *self, visitproc visit, void *arg)
+{
+    Py_VISIT(self->groups);
+    Py_VISIT(self->names);
+    Py_VISIT(self->category);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+hbac_rule_element_set_names(HbacRuleElement *self, PyObject *names,
+                            void *closure);
+static int
+hbac_rule_element_set_groups(HbacRuleElement *self, PyObject *groups,
+                             void *closure);
+static int
+hbac_rule_element_set_category(HbacRuleElement *self, PyObject *category,
+                               void *closure);
+
+static int
+HbacRuleElement_init(HbacRuleElement *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
+{
+    const char * const kwlist[] = { "names", "groups", "category", NULL };
+    PyObject *names = NULL;
+    PyObject *groups = NULL;
+    PyObject *category = NULL;
+    PyObject *tmp = NULL;
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs,
+                                     discard_const_p(char, "|OOO"),
+                                     discard_const_p(char *, kwlist),
+                                     &names, &groups, &category)) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (names) {
+        if (hbac_rule_element_set_names(self, names, NULL) != 0) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (groups) {
+        if (hbac_rule_element_set_groups(self, groups, NULL) != 0) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (category) {
+        if (hbac_rule_element_set_category(self, category, NULL) != 0) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+    } else {
+        tmp = PyInt_FromLong(HBAC_CATEGORY_NULL);
+        if (!tmp) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+
+        if (PySet_Add(self->category, tmp) != 0) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+hbac_rule_element_set_names(HbacRuleElement *self,
+                            PyObject *names,
+                            void *closure)
+{
+    CHECK_ATTRIBUTE_DELETE(names, "names");
+
+    if (!verify_sequence(names, "names")) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    SAFE_SET(self->names, names);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+hbac_rule_element_get_names(HbacRuleElement *self, void *closure)
+{
+    Py_INCREF(self->names);
+    return self->names;
+}
+
+static int
+hbac_rule_element_set_groups(HbacRuleElement *self,
+                             PyObject *groups,
+                             void *closure)
+{
+    CHECK_ATTRIBUTE_DELETE(groups, "groups");
+
+    if (!verify_sequence(groups, "groups")) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    SAFE_SET(self->groups, groups);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+hbac_rule_element_get_groups(HbacRuleElement *self, void *closure)
+{
+    Py_INCREF(self->groups);
+    return self->groups;
+}
+
+static int
+hbac_rule_element_set_category(HbacRuleElement *self,
+                               PyObject *category,
+                               void *closure)
+{
+    PyObject *iterator;
+    PyObject *item;
+    int ret;
+
+    CHECK_ATTRIBUTE_DELETE(category, "category");
+
+    if (!PySet_Check(category)) {
+        PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError, "The category must be a set type\n");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    /* Check the values, too */
+    iterator = PyObject_GetIter(category);
+    if (iterator == NULL) {
+        PyErr_Format(PyExc_RuntimeError, "Cannot iterate a set?\n");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    while ((item = PyIter_Next(iterator))) {
+        ret = pyobject_to_category(item);
+        Py_DECREF(item);
+        if (ret == -1) {
+            Py_DECREF(iterator);
+            return -1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    SAFE_SET(self->category, category);
+    Py_DECREF(iterator);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+hbac_rule_element_get_category(HbacRuleElement *self, void *closure)
+{
+    Py_INCREF(self->category);
+    return self->category;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+HbacRuleElement_repr(HbacRuleElement *self)
+{
+    char *strnames = NULL;
+    char *strgroups = NULL;
+    uint32_t category;
+    PyObject *o;
+
+    strnames = str_concat_sequence(self->names,
+                                   discard_const_p(char, ","));
+    strgroups = str_concat_sequence(self->groups,
+                                    discard_const_p(char, ","));
+    category = native_category(self->category);
+    if (strnames == NULL || strgroups == NULL || category == -1) {
+        PyMem_Free(strnames);
+        PyMem_Free(strgroups);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    o = PyUnicode_FromFormat("<category %lu names [%s] groups [%s]>",
+                             category, strnames, strgroups);
+    PyMem_Free(strnames);
+    PyMem_Free(strgroups);
+    return o;
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(HbacRuleElement_names__doc__,
+"(sequence of strings) A list of object names this element applies to");
+PyDoc_STRVAR(HbacRuleElement_groups__doc__,
+"(sequence of strings) A list of group names this element applies to");
+PyDoc_STRVAR(HbacRuleElement_category__doc__,
+"(set) A set of categories this rule falls into");
+
+static PyGetSetDef py_hbac_rule_element_getset[] = {
+    { discard_const_p(char, "names"),
+      (getter) hbac_rule_element_get_names,
+      (setter) hbac_rule_element_set_names,
+      HbacRuleElement_names__doc__,
+      NULL },
+
+    { discard_const_p(char, "groups"),
+      (getter) hbac_rule_element_get_groups,
+      (setter) hbac_rule_element_set_groups,
+      HbacRuleElement_groups__doc__,
+      NULL },
+
+    { discard_const_p(char, "category"),
+      (getter) hbac_rule_element_get_category,
+      (setter) hbac_rule_element_set_category,
+      HbacRuleElement_category__doc__,
+      NULL },
+
+    { NULL, 0, 0, 0, NULL } /* Sentinel */
+};
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(HbacRuleElement__doc__,
+"IPA HBAC Rule Element\n\n"
+"HbacRuleElement() -> new empty rule element\n"
+"HbacRuleElement([names], [groups], [category]) -> optionally, provide\n"
+"names and/or groups and/or category\n");
+
+static PyTypeObject pyhbac_hbacrule_element_type = {
+    PyObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL)
+    .tp_name = "pyhbac.HbacRuleElement",
+    .tp_basicsize = sizeof(HbacRuleElement),
+    .tp_new = HbacRuleElement_new,
+    .tp_dealloc = (destructor) HbacRuleElement_dealloc,
+    .tp_traverse = (traverseproc) HbacRuleElement_traverse,
+    .tp_clear = (inquiry) HbacRuleElement_clear,
+    .tp_init = (initproc) HbacRuleElement_init,
+    .tp_repr = (reprfunc) HbacRuleElement_repr,
+    .tp_getset = py_hbac_rule_element_getset,
+    .tp_flags = Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT | Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE | Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC,
+    .tp_doc   = HbacRuleElement__doc__
+};
+
+static void
+free_hbac_rule_element(struct hbac_rule_element *el)
+{
+    if (!el) return;
+
+    free_string_list(el->names);
+    free_string_list(el->groups);
+    PyMem_Free(el);
+}
+
+struct hbac_rule_element *
+HbacRuleElement_to_native(HbacRuleElement *pyel)
+{
+    struct hbac_rule_element *el = NULL;
+
+    /* check the type, None would wreak havoc here because for some reason
+     * it would pass the sequence check */
+    if (!PyObject_IsInstance((PyObject *) pyel,
+                             (PyObject *) &pyhbac_hbacrule_element_type)) {
+        PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
+                     "The element must be of type HbacRuleElement\n");
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    el = PyMem_Malloc(sizeof(struct hbac_rule_element));
+    if (!el) {
+        PyErr_NoMemory();
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    el->category = native_category(pyel->category);
+    el->names = sequence_as_string_list(pyel->names, "names");
+    el->groups = sequence_as_string_list(pyel->groups, "groups");
+    if (!el->names || !el->groups || el->category == -1) {
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    return el;
+
+fail:
+    free_hbac_rule_element(el);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+/* ==================== HBAC Rule ========================*/
+typedef struct {
+    PyObject_HEAD
+
+    PyObject *name;
+    bool enabled;
+
+    HbacRuleElement *users;
+    HbacRuleElement *services;
+    HbacRuleElement *targethosts;
+    HbacRuleElement *srchosts;
+} HbacRuleObject;
+
+static PyObject *
+HbacRule_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
+{
+    HbacRuleObject *self;
+
+    self = (HbacRuleObject *) type->tp_alloc(type, 0);
+    if (self == NULL) {
+        PyErr_NoMemory();
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    self->name = PyUnicode_FromString("");
+    if (self->name == NULL) {
+        Py_DECREF(self);
+        PyErr_NoMemory();
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    self->enabled = false;
+
+    self->services = (HbacRuleElement *) HbacRuleElement_new(
+                                                &pyhbac_hbacrule_element_type,
+                                                NULL, NULL);
+    self->users = (HbacRuleElement *) HbacRuleElement_new(
+                                                &pyhbac_hbacrule_element_type,
+                                                NULL, NULL);
+    self->targethosts = (HbacRuleElement *) HbacRuleElement_new(
+                                                &pyhbac_hbacrule_element_type,
+                                                NULL, NULL);
+    self->srchosts = (HbacRuleElement *) HbacRuleElement_new(
+                                                &pyhbac_hbacrule_element_type,
+                                                NULL, NULL);
+    if (self->services == NULL || self->users == NULL ||
+        self->targethosts == NULL || self->srchosts == NULL) {
+        Py_XDECREF(self->services);
+        Py_XDECREF(self->users);
+        Py_XDECREF(self->targethosts);
+        Py_XDECREF(self->srchosts);
+        Py_DECREF(self->name);
+        Py_DECREF(self);
+        PyErr_NoMemory();
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return (PyObject *) self;
+}
+
+static int
+HbacRule_clear(HbacRuleObject *self)
+{
+    Py_CLEAR(self->name);
+    Py_CLEAR(self->services);
+    Py_CLEAR(self->users);
+    Py_CLEAR(self->targethosts);
+    Py_CLEAR(self->srchosts);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static void
+HbacRule_dealloc(HbacRuleObject *self)
+{
+    HbacRule_clear(self);
+    self->ob_type->tp_free((PyObject*) self);
+}
+
+static int
+HbacRule_traverse(HbacRuleObject *self, visitproc visit, void *arg)
+{
+    Py_VISIT(self->name);
+    Py_VISIT(self->services);
+    Py_VISIT(self->users);
+    Py_VISIT(self->targethosts);
+    Py_VISIT(self->srchosts);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+hbac_rule_set_name(HbacRuleObject *self, PyObject *name, void *closure);
+
+static int
+HbacRule_init(HbacRuleObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
+{
+    const char * const kwlist[] = { "name", "enabled", NULL };
+    PyObject *name = NULL;
+    PyObject *empty_tuple = NULL;
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs,
+                                     discard_const_p(char, "O|i"),
+                                     discard_const_p(char *, kwlist),
+                                     &name, &self->enabled)) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (hbac_rule_set_name(self, name, NULL) == -1) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    empty_tuple = PyTuple_New(0);
+    if (!empty_tuple) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (HbacRuleElement_init(self->users, empty_tuple, NULL) == -1 ||
+        HbacRuleElement_init(self->services, empty_tuple, NULL) == -1 ||
+        HbacRuleElement_init(self->targethosts, empty_tuple, NULL) == -1 ||
+        HbacRuleElement_init(self->srchosts, empty_tuple, NULL) == -1) {
+        Py_DECREF(empty_tuple);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    Py_DECREF(empty_tuple);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+hbac_rule_set_name(HbacRuleObject *self, PyObject *name, void *closure)
+{
+    CHECK_ATTRIBUTE_DELETE(name, "name");
+
+    if (!PyString_Check(name) && !PyUnicode_Check(name)) {
+        PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError, "name must be a string or Unicode");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    SAFE_SET(self->name, name);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+hbac_rule_get_name(HbacRuleObject *self, void *closure)
+{
+    if (PyUnicode_Check(self->name)) {
+        Py_INCREF(self->name);
+        return self->name;
+    } else if (PyString_Check(self->name)) {
+        return PyUnicode_FromObject(self->name);
+    }
+
+    /* setter does typechecking but let us be paranoid */
+    PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError, "name must be a string or Unicode");
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+HbacRule_repr(HbacRuleObject *self)
+{
+    PyObject *utf_name;
+    PyObject *users_repr;
+    PyObject *services_repr;
+    PyObject *targethosts_repr;
+    PyObject *srchosts_repr;
+    PyObject *o;
+
+    utf_name = get_utf8_string(self->name, "name");
+    if (utf_name == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    users_repr = HbacRuleElement_repr(self->users);
+    services_repr = HbacRuleElement_repr(self->services);
+    targethosts_repr = HbacRuleElement_repr(self->targethosts);
+    srchosts_repr = HbacRuleElement_repr(self->srchosts);
+    if (users_repr == NULL || services_repr == NULL ||
+        targethosts_repr == NULL || srchosts_repr == NULL) {
+        Py_DECREF(utf_name);
+        Py_XDECREF(users_repr);
+        Py_XDECREF(services_repr);
+        Py_XDECREF(targethosts_repr);
+        Py_XDECREF(srchosts_repr);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    o = PyUnicode_FromFormat("<name %s enabled %d "
+                             "users %U services %U "
+                             "targethosts %U srchosts %U>",
+                             PyString_AsString(utf_name),
+                             self->enabled,
+                             users_repr, services_repr,
+                             targethosts_repr, srchosts_repr);
+    Py_DECREF(utf_name);
+    Py_DECREF(users_repr);
+    Py_DECREF(services_repr);
+    Py_DECREF(targethosts_repr);
+    Py_DECREF(srchosts_repr);
+    return o;
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(HbacRuleObject_enabled__doc__,
+"(bool) Is the rule enabled");
+PyDoc_STRVAR(HbacRuleObject_users__doc__,
+"(HbacRuleElement) Users and user groups for which this rule applies");
+PyDoc_STRVAR(HbacRuleObject_services__doc__,
+"(HbacRuleElement) Services and service groups for which this rule applies");
+PyDoc_STRVAR(HbacRuleObject_targethosts__doc__,
+"(HbacRuleElement) Target hosts for which this rule applies");
+PyDoc_STRVAR(HbacRuleObject_srchosts__doc__,
+"(HbacRuleElement) Source hosts for which this rule applies");
+
+static PyMemberDef py_hbac_rule_members[] = {
+    { discard_const_p(char, "enabled"), T_BOOL,
+      offsetof(HbacRuleObject, enabled), 0,
+      HbacRuleObject_enabled__doc__ },
+
+    { discard_const_p(char, "users"), T_OBJECT_EX,
+      offsetof(HbacRuleObject, users), 0,
+      HbacRuleObject_users__doc__ },
+
+    { discard_const_p(char, "services"), T_OBJECT_EX,
+      offsetof(HbacRuleObject, services), 0,
+      HbacRuleObject_services__doc__ },
+
+    { discard_const_p(char, "targethosts"), T_OBJECT_EX,
+      offsetof(HbacRuleObject, targethosts), 0,
+      HbacRuleObject_targethosts__doc__},
+
+    { discard_const_p(char, "srchosts"), T_OBJECT_EX,
+      offsetof(HbacRuleObject, srchosts), 0,
+      HbacRuleObject_srchosts__doc__},
+
+    { NULL, 0, 0, 0, NULL } /* Sentinel */
+};
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(HbacRuleObject_name__doc__,
+"(string) The name of the rule");
+
+static PyGetSetDef py_hbac_rule_getset[] = {
+    { discard_const_p(char, "name"),
+      (getter) hbac_rule_get_name,
+      (setter) hbac_rule_set_name,
+      HbacRuleObject_name__doc__,
+      NULL },
+
+    {NULL, 0, 0, 0, NULL} /* Sentinel */
+};
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(HbacRuleObject__doc__,
+"IPA HBAC Rule\n\n"
+"HbacRule(name, [enabled]) -> instantiate an empty rule, optionally\n"
+"specify whether it is enabled. Rules are created disabled by default and\n"
+"contain empty HbacRuleElement instances in services, users, targethosts\n"
+"and srchosts attributes.\n");
+
+static PyTypeObject pyhbac_hbacrule_type = {
+    PyObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL)
+    .tp_name = "pyhbac.HbacRule",
+    .tp_basicsize = sizeof(HbacRuleObject),
+    .tp_new = HbacRule_new,
+    .tp_dealloc = (destructor) HbacRule_dealloc,
+    .tp_traverse = (traverseproc) HbacRule_traverse,
+    .tp_clear = (inquiry) HbacRule_clear,
+    .tp_init = (initproc) HbacRule_init,
+    .tp_repr = (reprfunc) HbacRule_repr,
+    .tp_members = py_hbac_rule_members,
+    .tp_getset = py_hbac_rule_getset,
+    .tp_flags = Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT | Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE | Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC,
+    .tp_doc   = HbacRuleObject__doc__
+};
+
+static void
+free_hbac_rule(struct hbac_rule *rule)
+{
+    if (!rule) return;
+
+    free_hbac_rule_element(rule->services);
+    free_hbac_rule_element(rule->users);
+    free_hbac_rule_element(rule->targethosts);
+    free_hbac_rule_element(rule->srchosts);
+
+    PyMem_Free(discard_const_p(char, rule->name));
+    PyMem_Free(rule);
+}
+
+static struct hbac_rule *
+HbacRule_to_native(HbacRuleObject *pyrule)
+{
+    struct hbac_rule *rule = NULL;
+    PyObject *utf_name;
+
+    rule = PyMem_Malloc(sizeof(struct hbac_rule));
+    if (!rule) {
+        PyErr_NoMemory();
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    if (!PyObject_IsInstance((PyObject *) pyrule,
+                             (PyObject *) &pyhbac_hbacrule_type)) {
+        PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
+                     "The rule must be of type HbacRule\n");
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    utf_name = get_utf8_string(pyrule->name, "name");
+    if (utf_name == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    rule->name = py_strdup(PyString_AsString(utf_name));
+    Py_DECREF(utf_name);
+    if (rule->name == NULL) {
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    rule->services = HbacRuleElement_to_native(pyrule->services);
+    rule->users = HbacRuleElement_to_native(pyrule->users);
+    rule->targethosts = HbacRuleElement_to_native(pyrule->targethosts);
+    rule->srchosts =  HbacRuleElement_to_native(pyrule->srchosts);
+    if (!rule->services || !rule->users ||
+        !rule->targethosts || !rule->srchosts) {
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    rule->enabled = pyrule->enabled;
+    return rule;
+
+fail:
+    free_hbac_rule(rule);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+/* ==================== HBAC Request Element ========================*/
+typedef struct {
+    PyObject_HEAD
+
+    PyObject *name;
+    PyObject *groups;
+} HbacRequestElement;
+
+static PyObject *
+HbacRequestElement_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
+{
+    HbacRequestElement *self;
+
+    self = (HbacRequestElement *) type->tp_alloc(type, 0);
+    if (self == NULL) {
+        PyErr_NoMemory();
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    self->name = PyUnicode_FromString("");
+    if (self->name == NULL) {
+        PyErr_NoMemory();
+        Py_DECREF(self);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    self->groups = PyList_New(0);
+    if (self->groups == NULL) {
+        Py_DECREF(self->name);
+        Py_DECREF(self);
+        PyErr_NoMemory();
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return (PyObject *) self;
+}
+
+static int
+HbacRequestElement_clear(HbacRequestElement *self)
+{
+    Py_CLEAR(self->name);
+    Py_CLEAR(self->groups);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static void
+HbacRequestElement_dealloc(HbacRequestElement *self)
+{
+    HbacRequestElement_clear(self);
+    self->ob_type->tp_free((PyObject*) self);
+}
+
+static int
+HbacRequestElement_traverse(HbacRequestElement *self,
+                            visitproc visit, void *arg)
+{
+    Py_VISIT(self->name);
+    Py_VISIT(self->groups);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+hbac_request_element_set_groups(HbacRequestElement *self,
+                                PyObject *groups,
+                                void *closure);
+static int
+hbac_request_element_set_name(HbacRequestElement *self,
+                              PyObject *name,
+                              void *closure);
+
+static int
+HbacRequestElement_init(HbacRequestElement *self,
+                        PyObject *args,
+                        PyObject *kwargs)
+{
+    const char * const kwlist[] = { "name", "groups", NULL };
+    PyObject *name = NULL;
+    PyObject *groups = NULL;
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs,
+                                     discard_const_p(char, "|OO"),
+                                     discard_const_p(char *, kwlist),
+                                     &name, &groups)) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    if (name) {
+        if (hbac_request_element_set_name(self, name, NULL) != 0) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (groups) {
+        if (hbac_request_element_set_groups(self, groups, NULL) != 0) {
+            return -1;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+hbac_request_element_set_name(HbacRequestElement *self,
+                              PyObject *name,
+                              void *closure)
+{
+    CHECK_ATTRIBUTE_DELETE(name, "name");
+
+    if (!PyString_Check(name) && !PyUnicode_Check(name)) {
+        PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError, "name must be a string or Unicode");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    SAFE_SET(self->name, name);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+hbac_request_element_get_name(HbacRequestElement *self, void *closure)
+{
+    if (PyUnicode_Check(self->name)) {
+        Py_INCREF(self->name);
+        return self->name;
+    } else if (PyString_Check(self->name)) {
+        return PyUnicode_FromObject(self->name);
+    }
+
+    /* setter does typechecking but let us be paranoid */
+    PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError, "name must be a string or Unicode");
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+static int
+hbac_request_element_set_groups(HbacRequestElement *self,
+                                PyObject *groups,
+                                void *closure)
+{
+    CHECK_ATTRIBUTE_DELETE(groups, "groups");
+
+    if (!verify_sequence(groups, "groups")) {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    SAFE_SET(self->groups, groups);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+hbac_request_element_get_groups(HbacRequestElement *self, void *closure)
+{
+    Py_INCREF(self->groups);
+    return self->groups;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+HbacRequestElement_repr(HbacRequestElement *self)
+{
+    PyObject *utf_name;
+    char *strgroups;
+    PyObject *o;
+
+    utf_name = get_utf8_string(self->name, "name");
+    if (utf_name == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    strgroups = str_concat_sequence(self->groups, discard_const_p(char, ","));
+    if (strgroups == NULL) {
+        Py_DECREF(utf_name);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    o = PyUnicode_FromFormat("<name %s groups [%s]>",
+                             PyString_AsString(utf_name), strgroups);
+    Py_DECREF(utf_name);
+    PyMem_Free(strgroups);
+    return o;
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(HbacRequestElement_name__doc__,
+"(string) An object name this element applies to");
+PyDoc_STRVAR(HbacRequestElement_groups__doc__,
+"(list of strings) A list of group names this element applies to");
+
+static PyGetSetDef py_hbac_request_element_getset[] = {
+    { discard_const_p(char, "name"),
+      (getter) hbac_request_element_get_name,
+      (setter) hbac_request_element_set_name,
+      HbacRequestElement_name__doc__,
+      NULL },
+
+    { discard_const_p(char, "groups"),
+      (getter) hbac_request_element_get_groups,
+      (setter) hbac_request_element_set_groups,
+      HbacRequestElement_groups__doc__,
+      NULL },
+
+    { NULL, 0, 0, 0, NULL } /* Sentinel */
+};
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(HbacRequestElement__doc__,
+"IPA HBAC Request Element\n\n"
+"HbacRequestElement() -> new empty request element\n"
+"HbacRequestElement([name], [groups]) -> optionally, provide name and/or "
+"groups\n");
+
+static PyTypeObject pyhbac_hbacrequest_element_type = {
+    PyObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL)
+    .tp_name = "pyhbac.HbacRequestElement",
+    .tp_basicsize = sizeof(HbacRequestElement),
+    .tp_new = HbacRequestElement_new,
+    .tp_dealloc = (destructor) HbacRequestElement_dealloc,
+    .tp_traverse = (traverseproc) HbacRequestElement_traverse,
+    .tp_clear = (inquiry) HbacRequestElement_clear,
+    .tp_init = (initproc) HbacRequestElement_init,
+    .tp_repr = (reprfunc) HbacRequestElement_repr,
+    .tp_getset = py_hbac_request_element_getset,
+    .tp_flags = Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT | Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE | Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_GC,
+    .tp_doc   = HbacRequestElement__doc__
+};
+
+static void
+free_hbac_request_element(struct hbac_request_element *el)
+{
+    if (!el) return;
+
+    PyMem_Free(discard_const_p(char, el->name));
+    free_string_list(el->groups);
+    PyMem_Free(el);
+}
+
+static struct hbac_request_element *
+HbacRequestElement_to_native(HbacRequestElement *pyel)
+{
+    struct hbac_request_element *el = NULL;
+    PyObject *utf_name;
+
+    if (!PyObject_IsInstance((PyObject *) pyel,
+                             (PyObject *) &pyhbac_hbacrequest_element_type)) {
+        PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
+                     "The element must be of type HbacRequestElement\n");
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    el = PyMem_Malloc(sizeof(struct hbac_request_element));
+    if (!el) {
+        PyErr_NoMemory();
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    utf_name = get_utf8_string(pyel->name, "name");
+    if (utf_name == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    el->name = py_strdup(PyString_AsString(utf_name));
+    Py_DECREF(utf_name);
+    if (!el->name) {
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    el->groups = sequence_as_string_list(pyel->groups, "groups");
+    if (!el->groups) {
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    return el;
+
+fail:
+    free_hbac_request_element(el);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+/* ==================== HBAC Request ========================*/
+typedef struct {
+    PyObject_HEAD
+
+    HbacRequestElement *service;
+    HbacRequestElement *user;
+    HbacRequestElement *targethost;
+    HbacRequestElement *srchost;
+
+    PyObject *rule_name;
+} HbacRequest;
+
+static PyObject *
+HbacRequest_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
+{
+    HbacRequest *self;
+
+    self = (HbacRequest *) type->tp_alloc(type, 0);
+    if (self == NULL) {
+        PyErr_NoMemory();
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    self->service = (HbacRequestElement *) HbacRequestElement_new(
+                                            &pyhbac_hbacrequest_element_type,
+                                            NULL, NULL);
+    self->user = (HbacRequestElement *) HbacRequestElement_new(
+                                            &pyhbac_hbacrequest_element_type,
+                                            NULL, NULL);
+    self->targethost = (HbacRequestElement *) HbacRequestElement_new(
+                                            &pyhbac_hbacrequest_element_type,
+                                            NULL, NULL);
+    self->srchost = (HbacRequestElement *) HbacRequestElement_new(
+                                            &pyhbac_hbacrequest_element_type,
+                                            NULL, NULL);
+    if (self->service == NULL || self->user == NULL ||
+        self->targethost == NULL || self->srchost == NULL) {
+        Py_XDECREF(self->service);
+        Py_XDECREF(self->user);
+        Py_XDECREF(self->targethost);
+        Py_XDECREF(self->srchost);
+        Py_DECREF(self);
+        PyErr_NoMemory();
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return (PyObject *) self;
+}
+
+static int
+HbacRequest_clear(HbacRequest *self)
+{
+    Py_CLEAR(self->service);
+    Py_CLEAR(self->user);
+    Py_CLEAR(self->targethost);
+    Py_CLEAR(self->srchost);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static void
+HbacRequest_dealloc(HbacRequest *self)
+{
+    HbacRequest_clear(self);
+    self->ob_type->tp_free((PyObject*) self);
+}
+
+static int
+HbacRequest_traverse(HbacRequest *self, visitproc visit, void *arg)
+{
+    Py_VISIT(self->service);
+    Py_VISIT(self->user);
+    Py_VISIT(self->targethost);
+    Py_VISIT(self->srchost);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+static int
+HbacRequest_init(HbacRequest *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
+{
+    PyObject *empty_tuple = NULL;
+
+    empty_tuple = PyTuple_New(0);
+    if (!empty_tuple) {
+        PyErr_NoMemory();
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    self->rule_name = NULL;
+
+    if (HbacRequestElement_init(self->user, empty_tuple, NULL) == -1 ||
+        HbacRequestElement_init(self->service, empty_tuple, NULL) == -1 ||
+        HbacRequestElement_init(self->targethost, empty_tuple, NULL) == -1 ||
+        HbacRequestElement_init(self->srchost, empty_tuple, NULL) == -1) {
+        Py_DECREF(empty_tuple);
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    Py_DECREF(empty_tuple);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(py_hbac_evaluate__doc__,
+"evaluate(rules) -> int\n\n"
+"Evaluate a set of HBAC rules.\n"
+"rules is a sequence of HbacRule objects. The returned value describes\n"
+"the result of evaluation and will have one of HBAC_EVAL_* values.\n"
+"Use hbac_result_string() to get textual representation of the result\n"
+"On error, HbacError exception is raised.\n"
+"If HBAC_EVAL_ALLOW is returned, the class attribute rule_name would\n"
+"contain the name of the rule that matched. Otherwise, the attribute\n"
+"contains None\n");
+
+static struct hbac_eval_req *
+HbacRequest_to_native(HbacRequest *pyreq);
+
+static void
+free_hbac_rule_list(struct hbac_rule **rules)
+{
+    int i;
+
+    if (!rules) return;
+
+    for(i=0; rules[i]; i++) {
+        free_hbac_rule(rules[i]);
+    }
+    PyMem_Free(rules);
+}
+
+static void
+free_hbac_eval_req(struct hbac_eval_req *req);
+
+static PyObject *
+py_hbac_evaluate(HbacRequest *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+    PyObject *py_rules_list = NULL;
+    PyObject *py_rule = NULL;
+    Py_ssize_t num_rules;
+    struct hbac_rule **rules = NULL;
+    struct hbac_eval_req *hbac_req = NULL;
+    enum hbac_eval_result eres;
+    struct hbac_info *info = NULL;
+    PyObject *ret = NULL;
+    long i;
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O", &py_rules_list)) {
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    if (!PySequence_Check(py_rules_list)) {
+        PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
+                     "The parameter rules must be a sequence\n");
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    num_rules = PySequence_Size(py_rules_list);
+    rules = PyMem_New(struct hbac_rule *, num_rules+1);
+    if (!rules) {
+        PyErr_NoMemory();
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    for (i=0; i < num_rules; i++) {
+        py_rule = PySequence_GetItem(py_rules_list, i);
+
+        if (!PyObject_IsInstance(py_rule,
+                                 (PyObject *) &pyhbac_hbacrule_type)) {
+            PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
+                         "A rule must be of type HbacRule\n");
+            goto fail;
+        }
+
+        rules[i] = HbacRule_to_native((HbacRuleObject *) py_rule);
+        if (!rules[i]) {
+            /* Make sure there is at least a generic exception */
+            if (!PyErr_Occurred()) {
+                PyErr_Format(PyExc_IOError,
+                             "Could not convert HbacRule to native type\n");
+            }
+            goto fail;
+        }
+    }
+    rules[num_rules] = NULL;
+
+    hbac_req = HbacRequest_to_native(self);
+    if (!hbac_req) {
+        if (!PyErr_Occurred()) {
+            PyErr_Format(PyExc_IOError,
+                         "Could not convert HbacRequest to native type\n");
+        }
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    Py_XDECREF(self->rule_name);
+    self->rule_name = NULL;
+
+    eres = hbac_evaluate(rules, hbac_req, &info);
+    switch (eres) {
+    case HBAC_EVAL_ALLOW:
+        self->rule_name = PyUnicode_FromString(info->rule_name);
+        if (!self->rule_name) {
+            PyErr_NoMemory();
+            goto fail;
+        }
+        /* FALLTHROUGH */
+    case HBAC_EVAL_DENY:
+        ret = PyInt_FromLong(eres);
+        break;
+    case HBAC_EVAL_ERROR:
+        set_hbac_exception(PyExc_HbacError, info);
+        goto fail;
+    case HBAC_EVAL_OOM:
+        PyErr_NoMemory();
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    free_hbac_eval_req(hbac_req);
+    free_hbac_rule_list(rules);
+    hbac_free_info(info);
+    return ret;
+
+fail:
+    hbac_free_info(info);
+    free_hbac_eval_req(hbac_req);
+    free_hbac_rule_list(rules);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+hbac_request_element_get_rule_name(HbacRequest *self, void *closure)
+{
+    if (self->rule_name == NULL) {
+        Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+        return Py_None;
+    } else if (PyUnicode_Check(self->rule_name)) {
+        Py_INCREF(self->rule_name);
+        return self->rule_name;
+    }
+
+    PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError, "rule_name is not Unicode");
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+HbacRequest_repr(HbacRequest *self)
+{
+    PyObject *user_repr;
+    PyObject *service_repr;
+    PyObject *targethost_repr;
+    PyObject *srchost_repr;
+    PyObject *o;
+
+    user_repr = HbacRequestElement_repr(self->user);
+    service_repr = HbacRequestElement_repr(self->service);
+    targethost_repr = HbacRequestElement_repr(self->targethost);
+    srchost_repr = HbacRequestElement_repr(self->srchost);
+    if (user_repr == NULL || service_repr == NULL ||
+        targethost_repr == NULL || srchost_repr == NULL) {
+        Py_XDECREF(user_repr);
+        Py_XDECREF(service_repr);
+        Py_XDECREF(targethost_repr);
+        Py_XDECREF(srchost_repr);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    o = PyUnicode_FromFormat("<user %U service %U "
+                             "targethost %U srchost %U>",
+                             user_repr, service_repr,
+                             targethost_repr, srchost_repr);
+    Py_DECREF(user_repr);
+    Py_DECREF(service_repr);
+    Py_DECREF(targethost_repr);
+    Py_DECREF(srchost_repr);
+    return o;
+}
+
+static PyMethodDef py_hbac_request_methods[] = {
+    { "evaluate", (PyCFunction) py_hbac_evaluate,
+      METH_VARARGS, py_hbac_evaluate__doc__
+    },
+    { NULL, NULL, 0, NULL }        /* Sentinel */
+};
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(HbacRequest_service__doc__,
+"(HbacRequestElement) This is a list of service DNs to check, it must\n"
+"consist of the actual service requested, as well as all parent groups\n"
+"containing that service");
+PyDoc_STRVAR(HbacRequest_user__doc__,
+"(HbacRequestElement) This is a list of user DNs to check, it must consist\n"
+"of the actual user requested, as well as all parent groups containing\n"
+"that user.");
+PyDoc_STRVAR(HbacRequest_targethost__doc__,
+"(HbacRequestElement) This is a list of target hosts to check, it must\n"
+"consist of the actual target host requested, as well as all parent groups\n"
+"containing that target host.");
+PyDoc_STRVAR(HbacRequest_srchost__doc__,
+"(HbacRequestElement) This is a list of source hosts to check, it must\n"
+"consist of the actual source host requested, as well as all parent groups\n"
+"containing that source host.");
+
+static PyMemberDef py_hbac_request_members[] = {
+    { discard_const_p(char, "service"), T_OBJECT_EX,
+      offsetof(HbacRequest, service), 0,
+      HbacRequest_service__doc__ },
+
+    { discard_const_p(char, "user"), T_OBJECT_EX,
+      offsetof(HbacRequest, user), 0,
+      HbacRequest_user__doc__ },
+
+    { discard_const_p(char, "targethost"), T_OBJECT_EX,
+      offsetof(HbacRequest, targethost), 0,
+      HbacRequest_targethost__doc__ },
+
+    { discard_const_p(char, "srchost"), T_OBJECT_EX,
+      offsetof(HbacRequest, srchost), 0,
+      HbacRequest_srchost__doc__ },
+
+    { NULL, 0, 0, 0, NULL } /* Sentinel */
+};
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(HbacRequest_rule_name__doc__,
+"(string) If result of evaluation was to allow access, this member contains\n"
+"the name of the rule that allowed it. Otherwise, this attribute contains \n"
+"None. This attribute is read-only.\n");
+
+static PyGetSetDef py_hbac_request_getset[] = {
+    { discard_const_p(char, "rule_name"),
+      (getter) hbac_request_element_get_rule_name,
+      NULL, /* read only */
+      HbacRequest_rule_name__doc__,
+      NULL },
+
+    { NULL, 0, 0, 0, NULL } /* Sentinel */
+};
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(HbacRequest__doc__,
+"IPA HBAC Request\n\n"
+"HbacRequest() -> new empty HBAC request");
+
+static PyTypeObject pyhbac_hbacrequest_type = {
+    PyObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL)
+    .tp_name = "pyhbac.HbacRequest",
+    .tp_basicsize = sizeof(HbacRequest),
+    .tp_new = HbacRequest_new,
+    .tp_dealloc = (destructor) HbacRequest_dealloc,
+    .tp_traverse = (traverseproc) HbacRequest_traverse,
+    .tp_clear = (inquiry) HbacRequest_clear,
+    .tp_init = (initproc) HbacRequest_init,
+    .tp_repr = (reprfunc) HbacRequest_repr,
+    .tp_methods = py_hbac_request_methods,
+    .tp_members = py_hbac_request_members,
+    .tp_getset = py_hbac_request_getset,
+    .tp_flags = Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT | Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE,
+    .tp_doc   = HbacRequest__doc__
+};
+
+static void
+free_hbac_eval_req(struct hbac_eval_req *req)
+{
+    if (!req) return;
+
+    free_hbac_request_element(req->service);
+    free_hbac_request_element(req->user);
+    free_hbac_request_element(req->targethost);
+    free_hbac_request_element(req->srchost);
+
+    PyMem_Free(req);
+}
+
+static struct hbac_eval_req *
+HbacRequest_to_native(HbacRequest *pyreq)
+{
+    struct hbac_eval_req *req = NULL;
+
+    req = PyMem_Malloc(sizeof(struct hbac_eval_req));
+    if (!req) {
+        PyErr_NoMemory();
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    if (!PyObject_IsInstance((PyObject *) pyreq,
+                             (PyObject *) &pyhbac_hbacrequest_type)) {
+        PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
+                     "The request must be of type HbacRequest\n");
+        goto fail;
+    }
+
+    req->service = HbacRequestElement_to_native(pyreq->service);
+    req->user = HbacRequestElement_to_native(pyreq->user);
+    req->targethost = HbacRequestElement_to_native(pyreq->targethost);
+    req->srchost =  HbacRequestElement_to_native(pyreq->srchost);
+    if (!req->service || !req->user ||
+        !req->targethost || !req->srchost) {
+        goto fail;
+    }
+    return req;
+
+fail:
+    free_hbac_eval_req(req);
+    return NULL;
+}
+
+/* =================== the pyhbac module initialization =====================*/
+PyDoc_STRVAR(py_hbac_result_string__doc__,
+"hbac_result_string(code) -> string\n"
+"Returns a string representation of the HBAC result code");
+
+static PyObject *
+py_hbac_result_string(PyObject *module, PyObject *args)
+{
+    enum hbac_eval_result result;
+    const char *str;
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "i", &result)) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    str = hbac_result_string(result);
+    if (str == NULL) {
+        /* None needs to be referenced, too */
+        Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+        return Py_None;
+    }
+
+    return PyUnicode_FromString(str);
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(py_hbac_error_string__doc__,
+"hbac_error_string(code) -> string\n"
+"Returns a string representation of the HBAC error code");
+
+static PyObject *
+py_hbac_error_string(PyObject *module, PyObject *args)
+{
+    enum hbac_error_code code;
+    const char *str;
+
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "i", &code)) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    str = hbac_error_string(code);
+    if (str == NULL) {
+        /* None needs to be referenced, too */
+        Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+        return Py_None;
+    }
+
+    return PyUnicode_FromString(str);
+}
+
+static PyMethodDef pyhbac_module_methods[] = {
+        { "hbac_result_string",
+           (PyCFunction) py_hbac_result_string,
+           METH_VARARGS,
+           py_hbac_result_string__doc__,
+        },
+
+        { "hbac_error_string",
+           (PyCFunction) py_hbac_error_string,
+           METH_VARARGS,
+           py_hbac_error_string__doc__,
+        },
+
+        {NULL, NULL, 0, NULL}  /* Sentinel */
+};
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(HbacError__doc__,
+"An HBAC processing exception\n\n"
+"This exception is raised when there is an internal error during the\n"
+"HBAC processing, such as an Out-Of-Memory situation or unparseable\n"
+"rule. HbacError.args argument is a tuple that contains error code and\n"
+"the name of the rule that was being processed. Use hbac_error_string()\n"
+"to get the text representation of the HBAC error");
+
+PyMODINIT_FUNC
+initpyhbac(void)
+{
+    PyObject *m;
+    int ret;
+
+    m = Py_InitModule(PYTHON_MODULE_NAME, pyhbac_module_methods);
+    if (m == NULL) return;
+
+    /* The HBAC module exception */
+    PyExc_HbacError = PyErr_NewExceptionWithDoc(
+                        discard_const_p(char, "hbac.HbacError"),
+                        HbacError__doc__,
+                        PyExc_EnvironmentError, NULL);
+    Py_INCREF(PyExc_HbacError);
+    ret = PyModule_AddObject(m, "HbacError", PyExc_HbacError);
+    if (ret == -1) return;
+
+    /* HBAC rule categories */
+    ret = PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, HBAC_CATEGORY_NULL);
+    if (ret == -1) return;
+    ret = PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, HBAC_CATEGORY_ALL);
+    if (ret == -1) return;
+
+    /* enum hbac_eval_result */
+    ret = PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, HBAC_EVAL_ALLOW);
+    if (ret == -1) return;
+    ret = PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, HBAC_EVAL_DENY);
+    if (ret == -1) return;
+    ret = PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, HBAC_EVAL_ERROR);
+    if (ret == -1) return;
+
+    /* enum hbac_error_code */
+    ret = PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, HBAC_ERROR_UNKNOWN);
+    if (ret == -1) return;
+    ret = PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, HBAC_SUCCESS);
+    if (ret == -1) return;
+    ret = PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, HBAC_ERROR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED);
+    if (ret == -1) return;
+    ret = PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, HBAC_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY);
+    if (ret == -1) return;
+    ret = PyModule_AddIntMacro(m, HBAC_ERROR_UNPARSEABLE_RULE);
+    if (ret == -1) return;
+
+    TYPE_READY(m, pyhbac_hbacrule_type, "HbacRule");
+    TYPE_READY(m, pyhbac_hbacrule_element_type, "HbacRuleElement");
+    TYPE_READY(m, pyhbac_hbacrequest_element_type, "HbacRequestElement");
+    TYPE_READY(m, pyhbac_hbacrequest_type, "HbacRequest");
+}
diff --git a/src/tests/pyhbac-test.py b/src/tests/pyhbac-test.py
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..fdf4ac32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/pyhbac-test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,468 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+import unittest
+import sys
+import os
+import copy
+
+srcdir = os.getenv('builddir')
+if not srcdir:
+    srcdir = "."
+MODPATH = srcdir + "/.libs" #FIXME - is there a way to get this from libtool?
+
+def compat_assertItemsEqual(this, expected_seq, actual_seq, msg=None):
+    return self.assertEqual(sorted(expected_seq), sorted(actual_seq))
+
+def compat_assertIsInstance(this, obj, cls, msg=None):
+    return self.assertTrue(isinstance(obj, cls))
+
+# add compat methods for old unittest.TestCase versions
+# (python < 2.7, RHEL5 for instance)
+if not hasattr(unittest.TestCase, "assertItemsEqual"):
+    setattr(unittest.TestCase, "assertItemsEqual", compat_assertItemsEqual)
+if not hasattr(unittest.TestCase, "assertIsInstance"):
+    setattr(unittest.TestCase, "assertIsInstance", compat_assertIsInstance)
+
+class PyHbacImport(unittest.TestCase):
+    def setUp(self):
+        " Make sure we load the in-tree module "
+        self.system_path = sys.path[:]
+        sys.path = [ MODPATH ]
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        " Restore the system path "
+        sys.path = self.system_path
+
+    def testImport(self):
+        " Import the module and assert it comes from tree "
+        try:
+            import pyhbac
+        except ImportError, e:
+            print >>sys.stderr, "Could not load the pyhbac module. Please check if it is compiled"
+            raise e
+        self.assertEqual(pyhbac.__file__, MODPATH + "/pyhbac.so")
+
+class PyHbacRuleElementTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def testInstantiateEmpty(self):
+        el = pyhbac.HbacRuleElement()
+        self.assertItemsEqual(el.names, [])
+        self.assertItemsEqual(el.groups, [])
+        self.assertItemsEqual(el.category, set([pyhbac.HBAC_CATEGORY_NULL]))
+
+    def testInit(self):
+        names = [ "foo", "bar" ]
+        el = pyhbac.HbacRuleElement(names=names)
+        self.assertItemsEqual(el.names, names)
+
+        groups = [ "abc", "def" ]
+        el = pyhbac.HbacRuleElement(groups=groups)
+        self.assertItemsEqual(el.groups, groups)
+
+    def testGetSet(self):
+        names = [ "foo", "bar" ]
+        el = pyhbac.HbacRuleElement()
+        self.assertItemsEqual(el.names, [])
+        el.names = names
+        self.assertItemsEqual(el.names, names)
+
+        groups = [ "abc", "def" ]
+        el = pyhbac.HbacRuleElement()
+        self.assertItemsEqual(el.groups, [])
+        el.groups = groups
+        self.assertItemsEqual(el.groups, groups)
+
+        # Test other iterables than list
+        groups = ( "abc", "def" )
+        el = pyhbac.HbacRuleElement()
+        self.assertItemsEqual(el.groups, [])
+        el.groups = groups
+        self.assertItemsEqual(el.groups, groups)
+
+    def testCategory(self):
+        el = pyhbac.HbacRuleElement()
+        assert pyhbac.HBAC_CATEGORY_NULL in el.category
+        assert pyhbac.HBAC_CATEGORY_ALL not in el.category
+
+        el.category.add(pyhbac.HBAC_CATEGORY_ALL)
+        assert pyhbac.HBAC_CATEGORY_ALL in el.category
+
+        el.category = set([pyhbac.HBAC_CATEGORY_ALL])
+        assert pyhbac.HBAC_CATEGORY_ALL in el.category
+
+        # negative tests
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, el.__setattr__, "category", [pyhbac.HBAC_CATEGORY_ALL])
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, el.__setattr__, "category", None)
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, el.__setattr__, "category", 1)
+
+    def testNotIterable(self):
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, pyhbac.HbacRuleElement, names=123)
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, pyhbac.HbacRuleElement, names=None)
+
+    def testRuleElementReference(self):
+        def _get_rule():
+            users = [ "foo", "bar" ]
+            user_groups = [ "abc", "def" ]
+            return pyhbac.HbacRuleElement(names=users, groups=user_groups)
+
+        el = _get_rule()
+        self.assertItemsEqual(el.names, [ "foo", "bar" ])
+        self.assertItemsEqual(el.groups, [ "abc", "def" ])
+
+    def testRepr(self):
+        el = pyhbac.HbacRuleElement()
+        self.assertEquals(el.__repr__(), u'<category 0 names [] groups []>')
+
+        el.category.add(pyhbac.HBAC_CATEGORY_ALL)
+        el.names = ['foo']
+        el.groups = ['bar, baz']
+        self.assertEquals(el.__repr__(), u'<category 1 names [foo] groups [bar, baz]>')
+        
+
+class PyHbacRuleTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def testRuleGetSetName(self):
+        name = "testGetRule"
+        new_name = "testGetNewRule"
+
+        rule = pyhbac.HbacRule(name)
+        self.assertEqual(rule.name, unicode(name))
+
+        rule.name = new_name
+        self.assertEqual(rule.name, unicode(new_name))
+
+    def testRuleGetSetEnabled(self):
+        rule = pyhbac.HbacRule("testRuleGetSetEnabled")
+
+        rule.enabled = True
+        self.assertEqual(rule.enabled, True)
+        rule.enabled = False
+        self.assertEqual(rule.enabled, False)
+
+        # negative test
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, rule.__setattr__, "enabled", None)
+
+    def testRuleElementInRule(self):
+        users = [ "foo", "bar" ]
+        user_groups = [ "abc", "def" ]
+
+        # rule should contain empty elements after instantiation
+        rule = pyhbac.HbacRule("testRuleElement")
+        self.assertIsInstance(rule.users, pyhbac.HbacRuleElement)
+        self.assertIsInstance(rule.services, pyhbac.HbacRuleElement)
+        self.assertIsInstance(rule.targethosts, pyhbac.HbacRuleElement)
+        self.assertIsInstance(rule.srchosts, pyhbac.HbacRuleElement)
+
+        self.assertIsInstance(rule.users.names, list)
+        self.assertIsInstance(rule.users.groups, list)
+        self.assertItemsEqual(rule.users.names, [])
+        self.assertItemsEqual(rule.users.groups, [])
+
+        # Assign by copying a HbacRuleElement
+        user_el = pyhbac.HbacRuleElement(names=users, groups=user_groups)
+        rule = pyhbac.HbacRule("testRuleElement")
+        rule.users = user_el
+        self.assertItemsEqual(rule.users.names, users)
+        self.assertItemsEqual(rule.users.groups, user_groups)
+
+        # Assign directly
+        rule = pyhbac.HbacRule("testRuleElement")
+        rule.users.names = users
+        rule.users.groups = user_groups
+        self.assertItemsEqual(rule.users.names, users)
+        self.assertItemsEqual(rule.users.groups, user_groups)
+
+    def testRuleElementInRuleReference(self):
+        " Test that references to RuleElement are kept even if element goes out of scope "
+        def _get_rule():
+            users = [ "foo", "bar" ]
+            user_groups = [ "abc", "def" ]
+            el = pyhbac.HbacRuleElement(names=users, groups=user_groups)
+            rule = pyhbac.HbacRule("testRuleElement")
+            rule.users = el
+            return rule
+
+        rule = _get_rule()
+        self.assertItemsEqual(rule.users.names, [ "foo", "bar" ])
+        self.assertItemsEqual(rule.users.groups, [ "abc", "def" ])
+
+    def testRepr(self):
+        r = pyhbac.HbacRule('foo')
+        self.assertEqual(r.__repr__(), u"<name foo enabled 0 "
+                                        "users <category 0 names [] groups []> "
+                                        "services <category 0 names [] groups []> "
+                                        "targethosts <category 0 names [] groups []> "
+                                        "srchosts <category 0 names [] groups []>>")
+
+        name = "someuser"
+        service = "ssh"
+        srchost = "host1"
+        targethost = "host2"
+
+        r.users.names = [ name ]
+        r.services.names = [ service ]
+        r.srchosts.names = [ srchost ]
+        r.targethosts.names = [ targethost ]
+
+        self.assertEqual(r.__repr__(), u"<name foo enabled 0 "
+                                        "users <category 0 names [%s] groups []> "
+                                        "services <category 0 names [%s] groups []> "
+                                        "targethosts <category 0 names [%s] groups []> "
+                                        "srchosts <category 0 names [%s] groups []>>" %
+                                        (name, service, targethost, srchost))
+
+class PyHbacRequestElementTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def testInstantiateEmpty(self):
+        el = pyhbac.HbacRequestElement()
+        self.assertItemsEqual(el.name, "")
+        self.assertItemsEqual(el.groups, [])
+
+    def testInit(self):
+        name = "foo"
+        el = pyhbac.HbacRequestElement(name=name)
+        self.assertItemsEqual(el.name, name)
+
+        groups = [ "abc", "def" ]
+        el = pyhbac.HbacRequestElement(groups=groups)
+        self.assertItemsEqual(el.groups, groups)
+
+    def testGetSet(self):
+        name = "foo"
+        el = pyhbac.HbacRequestElement()
+        self.assertItemsEqual(el.name, "")
+        el.name = name
+        self.assertItemsEqual(el.name, name)
+
+        groups = [ "abc", "def" ]
+        el = pyhbac.HbacRequestElement()
+        self.assertItemsEqual(el.groups, [])
+        el.groups = groups
+        self.assertItemsEqual(el.groups, groups)
+
+        # Test other iterables than list
+        groups = ( "abc", "def" )
+        el = pyhbac.HbacRequestElement()
+        self.assertItemsEqual(el.groups, [])
+        el.groups = groups
+        self.assertItemsEqual(el.groups, groups)
+
+    def testGroupsNotIterable(self):
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, pyhbac.HbacRequestElement, groups=None)
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, pyhbac.HbacRequestElement, groups=123)
+
+    def testRepr(self):
+        r = pyhbac.HbacRequestElement()
+        self.assertEqual(r.__repr__(), u"<name  groups []>")
+
+        r.name = 'foo'
+        r.groups = ['bar', 'baz']
+        self.assertEqual(r.__repr__(), u"<name foo groups [bar,baz]>")
+
+class PyHbacRequestTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def testRequestElementHandling(self):
+        name = "req_name"
+        groups = [ "g1", "g2" ]
+
+        # The request should be empty after instantiation
+        req = pyhbac.HbacRequest()
+        self.assertIsInstance(req.user, pyhbac.HbacRequestElement)
+        self.assertIsInstance(req.service, pyhbac.HbacRequestElement)
+        self.assertIsInstance(req.targethost, pyhbac.HbacRequestElement)
+        self.assertIsInstance(req.srchost, pyhbac.HbacRequestElement)
+
+        self.assertEqual(req.user.name, "")
+        self.assertIsInstance(req.user.groups, list)
+        self.assertItemsEqual(req.user.groups, [])
+
+        # Assign by copying a HbacRequestElement
+        user_el = pyhbac.HbacRequestElement(name=name, groups=groups)
+        req = pyhbac.HbacRequest()
+        req.user = user_el
+        self.assertItemsEqual(req.user.name, name)
+        self.assertItemsEqual(req.user.groups, groups)
+
+        # Assign directly
+        req = pyhbac.HbacRequest()
+        req.user.name = name
+        req.user.groups = groups
+        self.assertItemsEqual(req.user.name, name)
+        self.assertItemsEqual(req.user.groups, groups)
+
+    def testRuleName(self):
+        req = pyhbac.HbacRequest()
+        self.assertEqual(req.rule_name, None)
+        self.assertRaises(AttributeError, req.__setattr__, "rule_name", "foo")
+
+    def testEvaluate(self):
+        name = "someuser"
+        service = "ssh"
+        srchost = "host1"
+        targethost = "host2"
+
+        allow_rule = pyhbac.HbacRule("allowRule", enabled=True)
+        allow_rule.users.names = [ name ]
+        allow_rule.services.names = [ service ]
+        allow_rule.srchosts.names = [ srchost ]
+        allow_rule.targethosts.names = [ targethost ]
+
+        req = pyhbac.HbacRequest()
+        req.user.name = name
+        req.service.name = service
+        req.srchost.name = srchost
+        req.targethost.name = targethost
+
+        # Test that an allow rule on its own allows access
+        res = req.evaluate((allow_rule,))
+        self.assertEqual(res, pyhbac.HBAC_EVAL_ALLOW)
+        self.assertEqual(req.rule_name, "allowRule")
+
+        # Test that a user not in the rule is not allowed
+        savename = req.user.name
+        req.user.name = "someotheruser"
+        res = req.evaluate((allow_rule, ))
+        self.assertEqual(res, pyhbac.HBAC_EVAL_DENY)
+        self.assertEqual(req.rule_name, None)
+
+        # But allows if the rule is an ALL rule
+        allow_rule.users.category.add(pyhbac.HBAC_CATEGORY_ALL)
+        res = req.evaluate((allow_rule, ))
+        self.assertEqual(res, pyhbac.HBAC_EVAL_ALLOW)
+
+    def testRepr(self):
+        name = "someuser"
+        service = "ssh"
+        srchost = "host1"
+        targethost = "host2"
+
+        req = pyhbac.HbacRequest()
+
+        self.assertEqual(req.__repr__(), "<user <name  groups []> "
+                                         "service <name  groups []> "
+                                         "targethost <name  groups []> "
+                                         "srchost <name  groups []>>")
+
+        req.user.name = name
+        req.service.name = service
+        req.srchost.name = srchost
+        req.targethost.name = targethost
+
+        self.assertEqual(req.__repr__(), "<user <name %s groups []> "
+                                         "service <name %s groups []> "
+                                         "targethost <name %s groups []> "
+                                         "srchost <name %s groups []>>" %
+                                         (name, service, targethost, srchost))
+
+    def testEvaluateNegative(self):
+        name = "someuser"
+        service = "ssh"
+        srchost = "host1"
+        targethost = "host2"
+
+        allow_rule = pyhbac.HbacRule("allowRule", enabled=True)
+        allow_rule.users.names = [ name ]
+        allow_rule.services.names = [ service ]
+        allow_rule.srchosts.names = [ srchost ]
+        allow_rule.targethosts.names = [ targethost ]
+
+        req = pyhbac.HbacRequest()
+        req.service.name = service
+        req.srchost.name = srchost
+        req.targethost.name = targethost
+        req.user.name = name
+
+        saveuser = req.user
+        req.user = None # need to catch this
+
+        # catch invalid category value
+        savecat = copy.copy(allow_rule.users.category)
+        allow_rule.users.category.add(pyhbac.HBAC_EVAL_ERROR)
+        self.assertRaises(ValueError, req.evaluate, (allow_rule,))
+        allow_rule.users.category = savecat
+
+        # Test that invalid type is raised
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, req.evaluate, (allow_rule,))
+
+        req.user = saveuser
+        allow_rule.users = None # need to catch this
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, req.evaluate, (allow_rule,))
+
+        # catch invalid rule type
+        self.assertRaises(TypeError, req.evaluate, (allow_rule, None))
+
+class PyHbacModuleTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def testHasResultTypes(self):
+        assert hasattr(pyhbac, "HBAC_EVAL_ALLOW")
+        assert hasattr(pyhbac, "HBAC_EVAL_DENY")
+        assert hasattr(pyhbac, "HBAC_EVAL_ERROR")
+
+    def testHasErrorTypes(self):
+        assert hasattr(pyhbac, "HBAC_ERROR_UNKNOWN")
+        assert hasattr(pyhbac, "HBAC_SUCCESS")
+        assert hasattr(pyhbac, "HBAC_ERROR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED")
+        assert hasattr(pyhbac, "HBAC_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY")
+        assert hasattr(pyhbac, "HBAC_ERROR_UNPARSEABLE_RULE")
+
+    def testHasCategories(self):
+        assert hasattr(pyhbac, "HBAC_CATEGORY_NULL")
+        assert hasattr(pyhbac, "HBAC_CATEGORY_ALL")
+
+    def testHbacResultString(self):
+        results = [ pyhbac.HBAC_EVAL_ALLOW, pyhbac.HBAC_EVAL_DENY,
+                    pyhbac.HBAC_EVAL_ERROR ]
+        for r in results:
+            s = pyhbac.hbac_result_string(r)
+            self.assertIsInstance(s, unicode)
+            assert len(s) > 0
+
+    def testHbacErrorString(self):
+        errors = [ pyhbac.HBAC_ERROR_UNKNOWN,
+                   pyhbac.HBAC_SUCCESS,
+                   pyhbac.HBAC_ERROR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED,
+                   pyhbac.HBAC_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY,
+                   pyhbac.HBAC_ERROR_UNPARSEABLE_RULE ]
+        for e in errors:
+            s = pyhbac.hbac_error_string(e)
+            self.assertIsInstance(s, unicode)
+            assert len(s) > 0
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    error = 0
+
+    suite = unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromTestCase(PyHbacImport)
+    res = unittest.TextTestRunner().run(suite)
+    if not res.wasSuccessful():
+        error |= 0x1
+        # need to bail out here because pyhbac could not be imported
+        sys.exit(error)
+
+    # import the pyhbac module into the global namespace, but make sure it's
+    # the one in tree
+    sys.path.insert(0, MODPATH)
+    import pyhbac
+
+    suite = unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromTestCase(PyHbacRuleElementTest)
+    res = unittest.TextTestRunner().run(suite)
+    if not res.wasSuccessful():
+        error |= 0x2
+
+    suite = unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromTestCase(PyHbacRuleTest)
+    res = unittest.TextTestRunner().run(suite)
+    if not res.wasSuccessful():
+        error |= 0x3
+
+    suite = unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromTestCase(PyHbacRequestElementTest)
+    res = unittest.TextTestRunner().run(suite)
+    if not res.wasSuccessful():
+        error |= 0x4
+
+    suite = unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromTestCase(PyHbacRequestTest)
+    res = unittest.TextTestRunner().run(suite)
+    if not res.wasSuccessful():
+        error |= 0x5
+
+    suite = unittest.TestLoader().loadTestsFromTestCase(PyHbacModuleTest)
+    res = unittest.TextTestRunner().run(suite)
+    if not res.wasSuccessful():
+        error |= 0x6
+
+    sys.exit(error)
+