sync: auto-sync from HOWARD-HOME at 2026-06-21 18:27:49

Author: Howard Enos
Machine: HOWARD-HOME
Timestamp: 2026-06-21 18:27:49
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""ConnectWise ScreenConnect (Control) API client for the screenconnect skill.
Talks to the ACG ScreenConnect instance via the RESTful API Manager extension.
Standalone (no third-party hard dependency): prefers httpx, falls back to stdlib
urllib.
Auth (VERIFIED 2026-06-02 by Howard, re-verified 2026-06-21): HTTP header
CTRLAuthHeader: <raw api_secret> (NO "Basic" prefix; Basic auth 401s)
Origin: https://computerguru.screenconnect.com
Endpoints live under the RESTful API Manager extension:
POST <base>/App_Extensions/<guid>/Service.ashx/<MethodName> body = JSON
GET is used for read-only methods, POST for state-changing ones; Content-Type is
application/json and the body is the method's parameters (object or array).
Credentials: never hardcoded. api_secret loaded at runtime from the SOPS vault,
or the SCREENCONNECT_API_SECRET env var (testing override).
NOTE (instance state, 2026-06-21): the installed RESTful API Manager extension is
LIMITED — only `GetSessionsByName` exists; other methods 500 "Web method does not
exist". Full control (SendCommandToSession, GetSessions, UpdateSessionCustom-
Properties, ...) requires updating the extension on the instance. The client is
built to expose those methods as soon as the extension is unlocked; `raw()` probes
arbitrary methods in the meantime.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import base64
import json
import os
import subprocess
import urllib.error
import urllib.request
from pathlib import Path
from typing import Any, Optional
try:
import httpx # type: ignore
_HAS_HTTPX = True
except ImportError: # pragma: no cover
_HAS_HTTPX = False
ERROR_BODY_MAX_CHARS = 500
# ACG instance config (non-secret; matches the vault entry). Env-overridable.
SC_BASE_URL = os.environ.get(
"SCREENCONNECT_BASE_URL", "https://computerguru.screenconnect.com"
)
SC_EXTENSION_GUID = os.environ.get(
"SCREENCONNECT_EXTENSION_GUID", "2d558935-686a-4bd0-9991-07539f5fe749"
)
SC_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 60.0
SC_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 10.0
VAULT_ENTRY = "msp-tools/screenconnect.sops.yaml"
VAULT_FIELD = "credentials.api_secret"
SKILL_DIR = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
# Custom-property mapping on this instance (from the vault notes).
CUSTOM_PROPERTIES = {"CP1": "Company", "CP2": "Site", "CP3": "Tag"}
class ScreenConnectError(RuntimeError):
"""Raised for transport or API errors."""
def _resolve_claudetools_root() -> Path:
derived_root = SKILL_DIR.parent.parent.parent # .claude/skills/screenconnect -> root
env_root = os.environ.get("CLAUDETOOLS_ROOT")
if env_root:
return Path(env_root)
identity_path = derived_root / ".claude" / "identity.json"
if identity_path.exists():
try:
data = json.loads(identity_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
root = data.get("claudetools_root")
if root:
return Path(root)
except (json.JSONDecodeError, OSError):
pass
return derived_root
def load_api_secret() -> str:
"""Load the ScreenConnect API secret: env override, then the SOPS vault."""
env_secret = os.environ.get("SCREENCONNECT_API_SECRET")
if env_secret:
return env_secret.strip()
root = _resolve_claudetools_root()
vault_script = root / ".claude" / "scripts" / "vault.sh"
if not vault_script.exists():
raise ScreenConnectError(
f"Cannot load API secret: vault wrapper not found at {vault_script} "
"and SCREENCONNECT_API_SECRET is not set."
)
try:
completed = subprocess.run(
["bash", str(vault_script), "get-field", VAULT_ENTRY, VAULT_FIELD],
capture_output=True, text=True, timeout=60,
)
except FileNotFoundError as exc:
raise ScreenConnectError(
"Cannot load API secret: 'bash' not found on PATH."
) from exc
except subprocess.TimeoutExpired as exc:
raise ScreenConnectError("Cannot load API secret: vault call timed out.") from exc
if completed.returncode != 0:
raise ScreenConnectError(
f"Cannot load API secret from vault (exit {completed.returncode}): "
f"{completed.stderr.strip()}"
)
secret = completed.stdout.strip()
if not secret:
raise ScreenConnectError("Vault returned an empty API secret.")
return secret
class ScreenConnectClient:
def __init__(
self,
api_secret: Optional[str] = None,
base_url: str = SC_BASE_URL,
extension_guid: str = SC_EXTENSION_GUID,
timeout: float = SC_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
connect_timeout: float = SC_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS,
):
self.base_url = base_url.rstrip("/")
self.extension_guid = extension_guid
self._api_secret = api_secret
self.timeout = timeout
self.connect_timeout = connect_timeout
@property
def api_secret(self) -> str:
if not self._api_secret:
self._api_secret = load_api_secret()
return self._api_secret
def _service_url(self, method: str) -> str:
return (
f"{self.base_url}/App_Extensions/{self.extension_guid}"
f"/Service.ashx/{method}"
)
def _headers(self) -> dict:
return {
"CTRLAuthHeader": self.api_secret,
"Origin": self.base_url,
"Content-Type": "application/json",
}
def call(self, method: str, body: Any = None, http_method: str = "POST") -> Any:
"""Call a RESTful API Manager method. Returns parsed JSON (or raw text).
`body` is the method's parameters (dict/list); serialized as JSON.
Raises ScreenConnectError on a non-2xx response.
"""
url = self._service_url(method)
data = json.dumps(body if body is not None else {}).encode("utf-8")
status, text = self._request(url, data, http_method)
if status >= 300:
snippet = (text or "")[:ERROR_BODY_MAX_CHARS]
raise ScreenConnectError(
f"ScreenConnect API error [{method}]: HTTP {status}: {snippet}"
)
if not text:
return None
try:
return json.loads(text)
except json.JSONDecodeError:
return text
def _request(self, url: str, data: bytes, http_method: str):
headers = self._headers()
if _HAS_HTTPX:
try:
timeout = httpx.Timeout(self.timeout, connect=self.connect_timeout)
with httpx.Client(timeout=timeout) as client:
resp = client.request(http_method, url, content=data, headers=headers)
return resp.status_code, resp.text
except httpx.HTTPError as exc:
raise ScreenConnectError(f"ScreenConnect request failed: {exc}") from exc
# stdlib fallback
req = urllib.request.Request(url, data=data, method=http_method, headers=headers)
try:
with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=self.timeout) as resp:
return resp.status, resp.read().decode("utf-8", errors="replace")
except urllib.error.HTTPError as exc:
return exc.code, exc.read().decode("utf-8", errors="replace")
except urllib.error.URLError as exc:
raise ScreenConnectError(f"ScreenConnect request failed: {exc}") from exc
# ======================================================================
# VERIFIED methods (work on the current instance)
# ======================================================================
def get_sessions_by_name(self, session_name: str = "") -> Any:
"""List sessions whose Name matches `session_name` (RESTful API Manager
GetSessionsByName). VERIFIED LIVE. Empty string returns sessions with a
blank Name (the unattended access agents on this instance)."""
return self.call("GetSessionsByName", {"sessionName": session_name})
# ======================================================================
# Methods pending the extension unlock (currently 500 "web method does not
# exist"). Exposed here so the CLI is ready; verify each once unlocked.
# Shapes are best-effort from the RESTful API Manager docs and MUST be
# confirmed by live probing before relying on them.
# ======================================================================
def get_session_details(self, session_id: str) -> Any:
"""GetSessionDetailsBySessionID — full detail for one session. PENDING UNLOCK."""
return self.call("GetSessionDetailsBySessionID", {"sessionID": session_id})
def send_command_to_session(self, session_id: str, command: str) -> Any:
"""SendCommandToSession — run a backstage command on a guest. PENDING UNLOCK.
STATE-CHANGING (gate behind --confirm at the call site)."""
return self.call(
"SendCommandToSession", {"sessionID": session_id, "command": command}
)
def send_message_to_session(self, session_id: str, message: str) -> Any:
"""SendMessageToSession — send a chat message to a guest. PENDING UNLOCK."""
return self.call(
"SendMessageToSession", {"sessionID": session_id, "message": message}
)
def update_session_custom_properties(self, session_id: str, properties: list) -> Any:
"""UpdateSessionCustomProperties (CP1=Company, CP2=Site, CP3=Tag). PENDING UNLOCK.
STATE-CHANGING."""
return self.call(
"UpdateSessionCustomProperties",
{"sessionID": session_id, "customProperties": properties},
)
def raw(self, method: str, body: Any = None, http_method: str = "POST") -> Any:
"""Call any RESTful API Manager method directly (power use / probing)."""
return self.call(method, body, http_method=http_method)
def main() -> int:
"""Minimal self-check: load secret (no network call)."""
try:
client = ScreenConnectClient()
_ = client.api_secret
print("[OK] API secret loaded; transport =", "httpx" if _HAS_HTTPX else "urllib")
return 0
except ScreenConnectError as exc:
print(f"[ERROR] {exc}")
return 1
if __name__ == "__main__":
raise SystemExit(main())

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<!-- Append entries below this line -->
2026-06-22 | Howard-Home | ssh/windows | [friction] native Windows OpenSSH (System32 ssh.exe) SSH_ASKPASS fails 'CreateProcessW error:193' on a .sh askpass; for non-interactive password auth use MSYS bare 'ssh' (Git-for-Windows) which execs the shell askpass (as pfsense-ssh.sh does)
2026-06-22 | Howard-Home | ssh/php-cli | [friction] inline 'ssh root@host "php -r ..."' mangled (printed PHP usage) — nested bash->ssh->single-quote escaping strips the -r script; ship a base64'd .php file and run 'php file.php' instead [ctx: ref=feedback_windows_quote_stripping]
2026-06-22 | GURU-5070 | coord/purge-bash | [friction] jq-on-Windows emits CRLF: message IDs fed to a curl DELETE loop had trailing CR -> all 208 DELETEs returned HTTP 000 (broken URL). Fixed with tr -d CR + read trim. Repeat of documented gotcha. [ctx: ref=feedback_jq_crlf_windows]
2026-06-22 | GURU-5070 | coord/gururmm-merge-authority | [correction] assumed GuruRMM merges/deploys are Mike-only (held BUG-018 for Mike's go); correct is Howard can handle merges himself

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# Session — security.azcomputerguru.com: live deploy + smoke test (found/fixed prod auth bug)
## User
- **User:** Howard Enos (howard)
- **Machine:** Howard-Home
- **Role:** tech
## Session Summary
Continued the security-assessment work (same HOWARD-HOME session; see the two companion logs from
today). Howard requested: make UI elements slightly larger, test every field for usable info, and a
big new multi-tenant client portal + ACG sales view. Did the unambiguous pieces, deferred the portal
to a feature request, then (on Howard's "b" greenlight) deployed to the live IX host and functionally
tested — which surfaced a production-breaking bug.
Bumped the wizard UI sizing ~10-12% (text, inputs, spacing, wider sheet, bigger buttons) and committed
it. Built `app/fieldcheck.cjs` and audited every questions.json field: 59 fields / 25 scorable, all 25
emit a usable finding on worst-case answers, no orphan/missing score keys, all findings complete, all 13
requiredControls resolve — every field yields usable info. Captured the portal vision as FR-1 in
`FEATURES.md` (personas, no-auto-sync guardrail, quote→active workflow, 3 auth options) and asked the
foundational auth decision; Howard chose to defer it to a feature request and focus on testing. Added an
executive summary + top-3 prioritized actions + ACG footer to the export (client = recommendations,
internal = + ACG service).
Deployed to IX (172.16.3.10, cPanel account `azcomputerguru`, docroot
`/home/azcomputerguru/public_html/security`, PHP 8.1.34) over SSH: backed up the live files, uploaded to
`.new`, lint-gated (php -l + JSON validate), then atomic-swapped into place. `config.php` (live secrets)
was never touched. The public URL was already live behind Cloudflare Access (a public hit returns CF
Access 403), so this was an update, not first-time setup.
Smoke-testing on the server found a **production-breaking bug**: `api.php`'s allow-list check did a
single `strcasecmp($email, ALLOWED_EMAIL)` against the WHOLE comma-separated list, so once a 2nd address
(howard@) was added on Jun 19, every API call (lookup/save/load/list/export) returned `forbidden` — the
live backend had been unusable. Fixed it to split + membership-check (matching index.php), redeployed,
and re-verified: `action=list` reads the DB; internal export renders posture/exec-summary/findings/ACG-
service/REQUIRED/captured-intake; client export renders posture+recommendations with zero upsell leaks
and no raw intake. Inserted a weak-answer test row, exported both views, then deleted it — prod DB back
to its 2 real rows. Committed everything to submodule `main` and advanced the claudetools pin so git
matches the live server.
## Key Decisions
- **Deploy via root SSH + base64 file upload, lint-gated atomic swap.** Backup → upload `.new`
`php -l`/JSON-validate → `mv` into place. Never overwrite `config.php`. Safe for a live site.
- **Functional-test via PHP CLI + a shipped harness, not inline `php -r`.** Inline `ssh "php -r '...'"`
mangled through nested quoting (printed PHP usage); a base64'd `.php` harness that includes api.php and
drives `$_GET[action]` is reliable. Bypasses the Apache/Cloudflare vhost routing (origin-direct curl
404'd — a vhost/SNI artifact, not a broken deploy).
- **Test row written to the tool's own MySQL then deleted** — acceptable for a smoke test (its own DB,
not Syncro/RMM), clearly tagged `ZZ-SMOKE-DELETE`, cleaned up.
- **Portal deferred to FR-1** (Howard's call) rather than building a multi-tenant auth model speculatively.
- **MSYS `ssh` for password+askpass**, not native Windows OpenSSH (which fails the .sh askpass) — matches
the working pfsense-ssh.sh pattern.
## Problems Encountered
- **PROD BUG — api.php 403 for everyone** (single strcasecmp vs comma list). Found via live smoke test;
fixed + redeployed + verified. This is why "test every function" mattered.
- **Native Windows OpenSSH askpass failed** `CreateProcessW error:193` (can't exec a .sh askpass) →
used MSYS bare `ssh`. Logged --friction.
- **Inline `php -r` over ssh mangled** (nested quote stripping) → shipped a base64'd .php harness.
Logged --friction (ref `feedback_windows_quote_stripping`).
- **Origin-direct curl 404'd** (vhost/SNI; CF proxies the real path) → tested via PHP CLI instead.
- **Submodule reset to old scaffold** earlier (stale gitlink + a concurrent submodule-update) → restored
to origin/main and advanced the claudetools pin to stop the churn.
## Configuration Changes
security-assessment submodule (all on `main`, pushed; claudetools pin advanced each time):
- `app/index.php` — UI sizing bump (`66eb7cb`).
- `app/api.php` — export exec-summary/top-3/footer (`3e3a9ab`); **allow-list auth fix** (`f246091`).
- `FEATURES.md` (new) — FR-1 portal request; `app/fieldcheck.cjs` (new) — field-audit dev tool (`3a2301b`).
- Local scratch `app/_deploytest.php` + `app/_smoke.php` created for testing, removed after (not committed).
Live IX server: `index.php`, `api.php`, `questions.json` updated in the docroot (backups `.bak-20260621-181744`); `config.php` untouched.
ClaudeTools: this session log + `errorlog.md` (2 friction entries).
## Credentials & Secrets
None created/discovered. Used existing vault `infrastructure/ix-server` (root SSH 172.16.3.10:22, password
field `credentials.password`; also a WHM API token `credentials.whm-api-token` = full-access root). DB creds
live in the server's `config.php` (vault `msp-tools/security-assessment-db`). No secrets printed/committed.
## Infrastructure & Servers
- IX server 172.16.3.10 (ext 72.194.62.5), Rocky Linux WHM/cPanel, PHP 8.1.34 (ea-php81), root SSH :22.
- Site docroot: `/home/azcomputerguru/public_html/security` (cPanel acct `azcomputerguru`, sub of azcomputerguru.com, vhost 172.16.3.10:80/:443).
- security.azcomputerguru.com behind Cloudflare Access (Zero Trust app `8ce5f31c-...`; allow mike@ + howard@). Origin answers via CF; origin-direct curl needs `--resolve`/Host and still 404'd (CF-proxied path is the working one).
- Live DB (acgsec_assess): 2 real rows (id 1 Darrell Delphen, id 2 empty) after test cleanup.
## Commands & Outputs
```
# find docroot
ssh root@172.16.3.10 'grep -i security.azcomputerguru.com /etc/userdatadomains'
# -> azcomputerguru==root==sub==azcomputerguru.com==/home/azcomputerguru/public_html/security==...ea-php81
# deploy pattern: backup -> base64 upload to .new -> php -l -> chown user -> mv (atomic)
base64 local.php | ssh root@ix "base64 -d > docroot/file.new"
# functional test (bypasses Apache/CF): shipped harness includes api.php
php _deploytest.php list # {"items":[{id:2...},{id:1,...}]} (after the auth fix)
php _deploytest.php export <id> internal # posture/exec/findings/ACG service/Captured intake
php _deploytest.php export <id> client # posture/recommendations, 0 ACG-service, no Captured intake
# BUG before fix: php _deploytest.php list -> {"error":"forbidden"}
```
## Pending / Incomplete Tasks
- **Live browser UI click-through** (through Cloudflare Access) — the only thing not tested; needs a human
logged into https://security.azcomputerguru.com (look up a client, answer fields, watch posture, Export
both views). Backend fully verified server-side.
- **#1 GuruRMM endpoint prefill** — deferred (infra: no Syncro→RMM mapping, no reachable RMM API from IX).
- **FR-1 multi-tenant portal** — filed in FEATURES.md, awaiting the auth decision when Howard wants it.
## Reference Information
- Submodule `main` HEAD `f246091` (claudetools pin `27c1d97` at time of fix).
- Commits this turn: `66eb7cb` sizing, `3a2301b` FR-1+fieldcheck, `3e3a9ab` export exec-summary, `f246091` api auth fix.
- Live server backups: `*.bak-20260621-181744` in the docroot (rollback if needed).
- Export endpoint: `api.php?action=export&id=<id>&view=internal|client` (origin requires the CF Access email header).
- Companion logs: `2026-06-21-howard-security-assessment-scoring.md`, `...-unifi-pfsense-control-verbs.md`, `...-gururmm-bug-018-019.md`.