Option to disable working directory restrictions

[Josh-XT]

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Background

It is constantly unable to access files due to workspace working directory restrictions. An option is needed to remove the restriction on the working directory.

Changes

• Added new environment variable WORKING_DIRECTORY_RESTRICTED that is set to True by default, setting to False will remove the restriction.
• Modfied execute_code.py to use safe_join from file_operations.py instead so that the environment variable can be referenced once in file_operations.py only.

Documentation

Above.

Test Plan

Tested by making sure it was able to access files outside of the working directory with it set to false.

PR Quality Checklist

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[Pwuts]

Fixes #1862, #23

[Pwuts]

Seems dangerous if not properly sandboxed, so maybe give it a big fat warning label in the docs.

[nponeccop]

@Josh-XT There are conflicts now

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[Philomath88]

I have pulled the latest master but I can't see the WORKING_DIRECTORY_RESTRICTED variable in .env?

I am a noob... happy to buy you a coffee...

[Pwuts]

@Philomath88 pulling updates .env.template, not .env. Also, the config variable is called RESTRICT_TO_WORKSPACE.

[Philomath88]

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[davidraviv]

On which branch should I work to use the new variable RESTRICT_TO_WORKSPACE?

I'm working on the stable branch as instructed in the README.md and I can't find the variable in the .env.template so I guess that the change is not yet merged to the stable branch.

[Pwuts]

You are correct, as you can see this PR was merged into master.