Workaround for isabs() on Windows + Python 3.13 (#652)

.github/workflows/tests.yml

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.13"]
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
 
     steps:

HISTORY.rst

@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ Version: 2.1.0 - (IN DEVELOPMENT)
   for local development. They can also be installed via ``pip install .[test]``
   and ``pip install .[dev]``.
 
+**Bug fixes**
+
+* #650: file operations on Windows with Python 3.13 give "Permission denied".
+
 Version: 2.0.0 - 2024-09-04
 ===========================
 

pyftpdlib/filesystems.py

@@ -121,6 +121,16 @@ def cwd(self, path):
 
     # --- Pathname / conversion utilities
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def _isabs(path, _windows=os.name == "nt"):
+        # Windows + Python 3.13: isabs() changed so that a path
+        # starting with "/" is no longer considered absolute.
+        # https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/44626
+        # https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/113829/
+        if _windows and path.startswith("/"):
+            return True
+        return os.path.isabs(path)
+
     def ftpnorm(self, ftppath):
         """Normalize a "virtual" ftp pathname (typically the raw string
         coming from client) depending on the current working directory.
@@ -132,7 +142,7 @@ def ftpnorm(self, ftppath):
         Note: directory separators are system independent ("/").
         Pathname returned is always absolutized.
         """
-        if os.path.isabs(ftppath):
+        if self._isabs(ftppath):
             p = os.path.normpath(ftppath)
         else:
             p = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(self.cwd, ftppath))
@@ -148,7 +158,7 @@ def ftpnorm(self, ftppath):
         # Anti path traversal: don't trust user input, in the event
         # that self.cwd is not absolute, return "/" as a safety measure.
         # This is for extra protection, maybe not really necessary.
-        if not os.path.isabs(p):
+        if not self._isabs(p):
             p = "/"
         return p
 
@@ -185,7 +195,7 @@ def fs2ftp(self, fspath):
         On invalid pathnames escaping from user's root directory
         (e.g. "/home" when root is "/home/user") always return "/".
         """
-        if os.path.isabs(fspath):
+        if self._isabs(fspath):
             p = os.path.normpath(fspath)
         else:
             p = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(self.root, fspath))