chore: update dependencies

To support starting a network service on demand and to
support a "least privilege-approach" with regards to the
permission a network service process needs to have, systemd
supports opening a network socket on behalf of the service
and passing it as an open file descriptor.

The service gets notified about open file descriptors for
this purpose as well as metadata such as named listeners
via environment variables.

This patch adds support for prefixing the listen address
passed with --address with "sd-listen-fd:" to access these
file descriptors, taking either a listener name passed using
the `LISTEN_FDNAMES` environment variable or `LISTEN_FD_$n`
for unnamed file descriptiors where `n` is the id of the
descriptor starting at 3 (LISTEN_FD_3).

See sd_listen_fds(3)

.github/workflows/lint.yml

@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ jobs:
           go-version: "1.23.x"
       - uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v6
         with:
-          version: "v1.60"
+          version: "v1.62"

README.md

@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ debug: false
 # Disable sniffing the files to detect their content type. Default is 'false'.
 noSniff: false
 
+# Whether the server runs behind a trusted proxy or not. When this is true,
+# the header X-Forwarded-For will be used for logging the remote addresses
+# of logging attempts (if available).
+behindProxy: false
+
 # The directory that will be able to be accessed by the users when connecting.
 # This directory will be used by users unless they have their own 'directory' defined.
 # Default is '.' (current directory).
@@ -81,9 +86,21 @@ directory: .
 # permissions. For example, to allow to read and create, set "RC". Default is "R".
 permissions: R
 
-# The default permissions rules for users. Default is none.
+# The default permissions rules for users. Default is none. Rules are applied
+# from last to first, that is, the first rule that matches the request, starting
+# from the end, will be applied to the request.
 rules: []
 
+# The behavior of redefining the rules for users. It can be:
+# - overwrite: when a user has rules defined, these will overwrite any global
+#   rules already defined. That is, the global rules are not applicable to the
+#   user.
+# - append: when a user has rules defined, these will be appended to the global
+#   rules already defined. That is, for this user, their own specific rules will
+#   be checked first, and then the global rules.
+# Default is 'overwrite'.
+rulesBehavior: overwrite
+
 # Logging configuration
 log:
   # Logging format ('console', 'json'). Default is 'console'.

cmd/root.go

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
 
+	"github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22/activation"
 	"github.com/hacdias/webdav/v5/lib"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
@@ -115,7 +116,21 @@ func getListener(cfg *lib.Config) (net.Listener, error) {
 		network string
 	)
 
-	if strings.HasPrefix(cfg.Address, "unix:") {
+	if strings.HasPrefix(cfg.Address, "sd-listen-fd:") {
+		listeners, err := activation.ListenersWithNames()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		address := cfg.Address[13:]
+		listener, ok := listeners[address]
+
+		if !ok || len(listener) < 1 {
+			return nil, errors.New("unknown sd-listen-fd address '" + address + "'")
+		}
+
+		return listener[0], nil
+	} else if strings.HasPrefix(cfg.Address, "unix:") {
 		address = cfg.Address[5:]
 		network = "unix"
 	} else {

go.mod

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ module github.com/hacdias/webdav/v5
 go 1.23
 
 require (
+	github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0
 	github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.2.1
 	github.com/rs/cors v1.11.1
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1
@@ -11,16 +12,16 @@ require (
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.9.0
 	github.com/studio-b12/gowebdav v0.9.0
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
-	golang.org/x/crypto v0.28.0
-	golang.org/x/net v0.30.0
+	golang.org/x/crypto v0.31.0
+	golang.org/x/net v0.33.0
 )
 
 require (
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc // indirect
-	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0 // indirect
+	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.8.0 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/inconshreveable/mousetrap v1.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.7 // indirect
+	github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.9 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.3 // indirect
 	github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.1-0.20181226105442-5d4384ee4fb2 // indirect
@@ -28,12 +29,12 @@ require (
 	github.com/sagikazarmark/slog-shim v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/sourcegraph/conc v0.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/afero v1.11.0 // indirect
-	github.com/spf13/cast v1.7.0 // indirect
+	github.com/spf13/cast v1.7.1 // indirect
 	github.com/subosito/gotenv v1.6.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20241009180824-f66d83c29e7c // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.26.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.19.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20241217172543-b2144cdd0a67 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.21.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/ini.v1 v1.67.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )

go.sum

@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
+github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0 h1:RrqgGjYQKalulkV8NGVIfkXQf6YYmOyiJKk8iXXhfZs=
+github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.5.0/go.mod h1:Y58oyj3AT4RCenI/lSvhwexgC+NSVTIJ3seZv2GcEnc=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.4/go.mod h1:tgQtvFlXSQOSOSIRvRPT7W67SCa46tRHOmNcaadrF8o=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc h1:U9qPSI2PIWSS1VwoXQT9A3Wy9MM3WgvqSxFWenqJduM=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/frankban/quicktest v1.14.6 h1:7Xjx+VpznH+oBnejlPUj8oUpdxnVs4f8XU8WnHkI4W8=
 github.com/frankban/quicktest v1.14.6/go.mod h1:4ptaffx2x8+WTWXmUCuVU6aPUX1/Mz7zb5vbUoiM6w0=
-github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0 h1:8JEhPFa5W2WU7YfeZzPNqzMP6Lwt7L2715Ggo0nosvA=
-github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:40Bi/Hjc2AVfZrqy+aj+yEI+/bRxZnMJyTJwOpGvigM=
+github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.8.0 h1:dAwr6QBTBZIkG8roQaJjGof0pp0EeF+tNV7YBP3F/8M=
+github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.8.0/go.mod h1:8jBTzvmWwFyi3Pb8djgCCO5IBqzKJ/Jwo8TRcHyHii0=
 github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.2.1 h1:ZAaOCxANMuZx5RCeg0mBdEZk7DZasvvZIxtHqx8aGss=
 github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.2.1/go.mod h1:oJDH3BJKyqBA2TXFhDsKDGDTlndYOZ6rGS0BRZIxGhM=
+github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.0.4/go.mod h1:xhWf0FNVPg57R7Z0UbKHbJfkEywrmjJnf7w5xrFpKfA=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0 h1:ofyhxvXcZhMsU5ulbFiLKl/XBFqE1GSq7atu8tAmTRI=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0/go.mod h1:17dUlkBOakJ0+DkrSSNjCkIjxS6bF9zb3elmeNGIjoY=
 github.com/hashicorp/hcl v1.0.0 h1:0Anlzjpi4vEasTeNFn2mLJgTSwt0+6sfsiTG8qcWGx4=
@@ -18,8 +21,8 @@ github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 h1:flRD4NNwYAUpkphVc1HcthR4KEIFJ65n8Mw5qdRn3LE=
 github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1/go.mod h1:hoEshYVHaxMs3cyo3Yncou5ZscifuDolrwPKZanG3xk=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
 github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
-github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.7 h1:IeQXZAiQcpL9mgcAe1Nu6cX9LLw6ExEHKjN0VQdvPDY=
-github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.7/go.mod h1:Dhd985XPs7jluiymwWYZ0G4Z61jb3vdS329zhj2hYo0=
+github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.9 h1:nWcCbLq1N2v/cpNsy5WvQ37Fb+YElfq20WJ/a8RkpQM=
+github.com/magiconair/properties v1.8.9/go.mod h1:Dhd985XPs7jluiymwWYZ0G4Z61jb3vdS329zhj2hYo0=
 github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0 h1:jeMsZIYE/09sWLaz43PL7Gy6RuMjD2eJVyuac5Z2hdY=
 github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure v1.5.0/go.mod h1:bFUtVrKA4DC2yAKiSyO/QUcy7e+RRV2QTWOzhPopBRo=
 github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2 v2.2.3 h1:YmeHyLY8mFWbdkNWwpr+qIL2bEqT0o95WSdkNHvL12M=
@@ -39,8 +42,8 @@ github.com/sourcegraph/conc v0.3.0 h1:OQTbbt6P72L20UqAkXXuLOj79LfEanQ+YQFNpLA9yS
 github.com/sourcegraph/conc v0.3.0/go.mod h1:Sdozi7LEKbFPqYX2/J+iBAM6HpqSLTASQIKqDmF7Mt0=
 github.com/spf13/afero v1.11.0 h1:WJQKhtpdm3v2IzqG8VMqrr6Rf3UYpEF239Jy9wNepM8=
 github.com/spf13/afero v1.11.0/go.mod h1:GH9Y3pIexgf1MTIWtNGyogA5MwRIDXGUr+hbWNoBjkY=
-github.com/spf13/cast v1.7.0 h1:ntdiHjuueXFgm5nzDRdOS4yfT43P5Fnud6DH50rz/7w=
-github.com/spf13/cast v1.7.0/go.mod h1:ancEpBxwJDODSW/UG4rDrAqiKolqNNh2DX3mk86cAdo=
+github.com/spf13/cast v1.7.1 h1:cuNEagBQEHWN1FnbGEjCXL2szYEXqfJPbP2HNUaca9Y=
+github.com/spf13/cast v1.7.1/go.mod h1:ancEpBxwJDODSW/UG4rDrAqiKolqNNh2DX3mk86cAdo=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1 h1:e5/vxKd/rZsfSJMUX1agtjeTDf+qv1/JdBF8gg5k9ZM=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.1/go.mod h1:wHxEcudfqmLYa8iTfL+OuZPbBZkmvliBWKIezN3kD9Y=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=
@@ -59,16 +62,16 @@ go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 h1:blXXJkSxSSfBVBlC76pxqeO+LN3aDfLQo+309xJstO0=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0/go.mod h1:20+QtiLqy0Nd6FdQB9TLXag12DsQkrbs3htMFfDN80Y=
 go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0 h1:aJMhYGrd5QSmlpLMr2MftRKl7t8J8PTZPA732ud/XR8=
 go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0/go.mod h1:GB2qFLM7cTU87MWRP2mPIjqfIDnGu+VIO4V/SdhGo2E=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.28.0 h1:GBDwsMXVQi34v5CCYUm2jkJvu4cbtru2U4TN2PSyQnw=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.28.0/go.mod h1:rmgy+3RHxRZMyY0jjAJShp2zgEdOqj2AO7U0pYmeQ7U=
-golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20241009180824-f66d83c29e7c h1:7dEasQXItcW1xKJ2+gg5VOiBnqWrJc+rq0DPKyvvdbY=
-golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20241009180824-f66d83c29e7c/go.mod h1:NQtJDoLvd6faHhE7m4T/1IY708gDefGGjR/iUW8yQQ8=
-golang.org/x/net v0.30.0 h1:AcW1SDZMkb8IpzCdQUaIq2sP4sZ4zw+55h6ynffypl4=
-golang.org/x/net v0.30.0/go.mod h1:2wGyMJ5iFasEhkwi13ChkO/t1ECNC4X4eBKkVFyYFlU=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.26.0 h1:KHjCJyddX0LoSTb3J+vWpupP9p0oznkqVk/IfjymZbo=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.26.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
-golang.org/x/text v0.19.0 h1:kTxAhCbGbxhK0IwgSKiMO5awPoDQ0RpfiVYBfK860YM=
-golang.org/x/text v0.19.0/go.mod h1:BuEKDfySbSR4drPmRPG/7iBdf8hvFMuRexcpahXilzY=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.31.0 h1:ihbySMvVjLAeSH1IbfcRTkD/iNscyz8rGzjF/E5hV6U=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.31.0/go.mod h1:kDsLvtWBEx7MV9tJOj9bnXsPbxwJQ6csT/x4KIN4Ssk=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20241217172543-b2144cdd0a67 h1:1UoZQm6f0P/ZO0w1Ri+f+ifG/gXhegadRdwBIXEFWDo=
+golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20241217172543-b2144cdd0a67/go.mod h1:qj5a5QZpwLU2NLQudwIN5koi3beDhSAlJwa67PuM98c=
+golang.org/x/net v0.33.0 h1:74SYHlV8BIgHIFC/LrYkOGIwL19eTYXQ5wc6TBuO36I=
+golang.org/x/net v0.33.0/go.mod h1:HXLR5J+9DxmrqMwG9qjGCxZ+zKXxBru04zlTvWlWuN4=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0 h1:Fksou7UEQUWlKvIdsqzJmUmCX3cZuD2+P3XyyzwMhlA=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.28.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+golang.org/x/text v0.21.0 h1:zyQAAkrwaneQ066sspRyJaG9VNi/YJ1NfzcGB3hZ/qo=
+golang.org/x/text v0.21.0/go.mod h1:4IBbMaMmOPCJ8SecivzSH54+73PCFmPWxNTLm+vZkEQ=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15 h1:YR8cESwS4TdDjEe65xsg0ogRM/Nc3DYOhEAlW+xobZo=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20190902080502-41f04d3bba15/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=

lib/config.go

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	Prefix          string
 	NoSniff         bool
 	NoPassword      bool
+	BehindProxy     bool
 	Log             Log
 	CORS            CORS
 	Users           []User
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ func ParseConfig(filename string, flags *pflag.FlagSet) (*Config, error) {
 	v.SetDefault("Prefix", DefaultPrefix)
 
 	// Other defaults
+	v.SetDefault("RulesBehavior", RulesOverwrite)
 	v.SetDefault("Directory", ".")
 	v.SetDefault("Permissions", "R")
 	v.SetDefault("Debug", false)
@@ -114,7 +116,21 @@ func ParseConfig(filename string, flags *pflag.FlagSet) (*Config, error) {
 			cfg.Users[i].Permissions = cfg.Permissions
 		}
 
-		if !v.IsSet(fmt.Sprintf("Users.%d.Rules", i)) {
+		if !v.IsSet(fmt.Sprintf("Users.%d.RulesBehavior", i)) {
+			cfg.Users[i].RulesBehavior = cfg.RulesBehavior
+		}
+
+		if v.IsSet(fmt.Sprintf("Users.%d.Rules", i)) {
+			switch cfg.Users[i].RulesBehavior {
+			case RulesOverwrite:
+				// Do nothing
+			case RulesAppend:
+				rules := append([]*Rule{}, cfg.Rules...)
+				rules = append(rules, cfg.Users[i].Rules...)
+
+				cfg.Users[i].Rules = rules
+			}
+		} else {
 			cfg.Users[i].Rules = cfg.Rules
 		}
 	}

lib/config_test.go

@@ -192,24 +192,111 @@ cors:
 }
 
 func TestConfigRules(t *testing.T) {
-	content := `
+	t.Run("Only Regex or Path", func(t *testing.T) {
+		content := `
+directory: /
+rules:
+  - regex: '^.+\.js$'
+    path: /public/access/`
+
+		writeAndParseConfigWithError(t, content, ".yaml", "cannot define both regex and path")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Regex or Path Required", func(t *testing.T) {
+		content := `
+directory: /
+rules:
+  - permissions: CRUD`
+
+		writeAndParseConfigWithError(t, content, ".yaml", "must either define a path of a regex")
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Parse", func(t *testing.T) {
+		content := `
 directory: /
 rules:
   - regex: '^.+\.js$'
   - path: /public/access/`
 
-	cfg := writeAndParseConfig(t, content, ".yaml")
-	require.NoError(t, cfg.Validate())
+		cfg := writeAndParseConfig(t, content, ".yaml")
+		require.NoError(t, cfg.Validate())
 
-	require.Len(t, cfg.Rules, 2)
+		require.Len(t, cfg.Rules, 2)
 
-	require.Empty(t, cfg.Rules[0].Path)
-	require.NotNil(t, cfg.Rules[0].Regex)
-	require.True(t, cfg.Rules[0].Regex.MatchString("/my/path/to/file.js"))
-	require.False(t, cfg.Rules[0].Regex.MatchString("/my/path/to/file.ts"))
+		require.Empty(t, cfg.Rules[0].Path)
+		require.NotNil(t, cfg.Rules[0].Regex)
+		require.True(t, cfg.Rules[0].Regex.MatchString("/my/path/to/file.js"))
+		require.False(t, cfg.Rules[0].Regex.MatchString("/my/path/to/file.ts"))
 
-	require.NotEmpty(t, cfg.Rules[1].Path)
-	require.Nil(t, cfg.Rules[1].Regex)
+		require.NotEmpty(t, cfg.Rules[1].Path)
+		require.Nil(t, cfg.Rules[1].Regex)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Rules Behavior (Default: Overwrite)", func(t *testing.T) {
+		content := `
+directory: /
+rules:
+  - regex: '^.+\.js$'
+  - path: /public/access/
+
+users:
+  - username: foo
+    password: bar
+    rules:
+    - path: /private/access/`
+
+		cfg := writeAndParseConfig(t, content, ".yaml")
+		require.NoError(t, cfg.Validate())
+
+		require.Len(t, cfg.Rules, 2)
+
+		require.Empty(t, cfg.Rules[0].Path)
+		require.NotNil(t, cfg.Rules[0].Regex)
+		require.True(t, cfg.Rules[0].Regex.MatchString("/my/path/to/file.js"))
+		require.False(t, cfg.Rules[0].Regex.MatchString("/my/path/to/file.ts"))
+
+		require.EqualValues(t, "/public/access/", cfg.Rules[1].Path)
+		require.Nil(t, cfg.Rules[1].Regex)
+
+		require.Len(t, cfg.Users, 1)
+		require.Len(t, cfg.Users[0].Rules, 1)
+		require.EqualValues(t, "/private/access/", cfg.Users[0].Rules[0].Path)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("Rules Behavior (Append)", func(t *testing.T) {
+		content := `
+directory: /
+rules:
+  - regex: '^.+\.js$'
+  - path: /public/access/
+rulesBehavior: append
+
+users:
+  - username: foo
+    password: bar
+    rules:
+    - path: /private/access/`
+
+		cfg := writeAndParseConfig(t, content, ".yaml")
+		require.NoError(t, cfg.Validate())
+
+		require.Len(t, cfg.Rules, 2)
+
+		require.Empty(t, cfg.Rules[0].Path)
+		require.NotNil(t, cfg.Rules[0].Regex)
+		require.True(t, cfg.Rules[0].Regex.MatchString("/my/path/to/file.js"))
+		require.False(t, cfg.Rules[0].Regex.MatchString("/my/path/to/file.ts"))
+
+		require.EqualValues(t, "/public/access/", cfg.Rules[1].Path)
+		require.Nil(t, cfg.Rules[1].Regex)
+
+		require.Len(t, cfg.Users, 1)
+		require.Len(t, cfg.Users[0].Rules, 3)
+
+		require.EqualValues(t, cfg.Rules[0], cfg.Users[0].Rules[0])
+		require.EqualValues(t, cfg.Rules[1], cfg.Users[0].Rules[1])
+		require.EqualValues(t, "/private/access/", cfg.Users[0].Rules[2].Path)
+	})
 }
 
 func TestConfigEnv(t *testing.T) {

lib/handler.go

@@ -17,14 +17,16 @@ type handlerUser struct {
 }
 
 type Handler struct {
-	noPassword bool
-	user       *handlerUser
-	users      map[string]*handlerUser
+	noPassword  bool
+	behindProxy bool
+	user        *handlerUser
+	users       map[string]*handlerUser
 }
 
 func NewHandler(c *Config) (http.Handler, error) {
 	h := &Handler{
-		noPassword: c.NoPassword,
+		noPassword:  c.NoPassword,
+		behindProxy: c.BehindProxy,
 		user: &handlerUser{
 			User: User{
 				UserPermissions: c.UserPermissions,
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ func NewHandler(c *Config) (http.Handler, error) {
 			AllowedOrigins:     c.CORS.AllowedHosts,
 			AllowedMethods:     c.CORS.AllowedMethods,
 			AllowedHeaders:     c.CORS.AllowedHeaders,
+			ExposedHeaders:     c.CORS.ExposedHeaders,
 			OptionsPassthrough: false,
 		}).Handler(h), nil
 	}
@@ -85,7 +88,7 @@ func (h *Handler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		w.Header().Set("WWW-Authenticate", `Basic realm="Restricted"`)
 
 		// Retrieve the real client IP address using the updated helper function
-		remoteAddr := getRealRemoteIP(r)
+		remoteAddr := getRealRemoteIP(r, h.behindProxy)
 
 		// Gets the correct user for this request.
 		username, password, ok := r.BasicAuth()
@@ -166,12 +169,13 @@ func (h *Handler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 }
 
 // getRealRemoteIP retrieves the client's actual IP address, considering reverse proxies.
-func getRealRemoteIP(r *http.Request) string {
-    ip := r.Header.Get("X-Forwarded-For")
-    if ip == "" {
-        ip = r.RemoteAddr
-    }
-    return ip
+func getRealRemoteIP(r *http.Request, behindProxy bool) string {
+	if behindProxy {
+		if ip := r.Header.Get("X-Forwarded-For"); ip != "" {
+			return ip
+		}
+	}
+	return r.RemoteAddr
 }
 
 type responseWriterNoBody struct {

lib/permissions.go

@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ type Rule struct {
 }
 
 func (r *Rule) Validate() error {
+	if r.Regex == nil && r.Path == "" {
+		return errors.New("invalid rule: must either define a path of a regex")
+	}
+
 	if r.Regex != nil && r.Path != "" {
 		return errors.New("invalid rule: cannot define both regex and path")
 	}
@@ -32,10 +36,18 @@ func (r *Rule) Matches(path string) bool {
 	return strings.HasPrefix(path, r.Path)
 }
 
+type RulesBehavior string
+
+const (
+	RulesOverwrite RulesBehavior = "overwrite"
+	RulesAppend    RulesBehavior = "append"
+)
+
 type UserPermissions struct {
-	Directory   string
-	Permissions Permissions
-	Rules       []*Rule
+	Directory     string
+	Permissions   Permissions
+	Rules         []*Rule
+	RulesBehavior RulesBehavior
 }
 
 // Allowed checks if the user has permission to access a directory/file
@@ -87,6 +99,13 @@ func (p *UserPermissions) Validate() error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	switch p.RulesBehavior {
+	case RulesAppend, RulesOverwrite:
+		// Good to go
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid rule behavior: %s", p.RulesBehavior)
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }