The rexec module

Note: This module is not safe in Python 2.2 and later, and has been removed in Python 2.3.

This module provides versions of exec, eval, and import which executes code in a restricted execution environment. In this environment, functions that can damage resources on the local machine are no longer available.

Example: Using the rexec module

# File: rexec-example-1.py

import rexec

r = rexec.RExec()
print r.r_eval("1+2+3")
print r.r_eval("__import__('os').remove('file')")

6
Traceback (innermost last):
  File "rexec-example-1.py", line 5, in ?
    print r.r_eval("__import__('os').remove('file')")
  File "/usr/local/lib/python1.5/rexec.py", line 257, in r_eval
    return eval(code, m.__dict__)
  File "<string>", line 0, in ?
AttributeError: remove