5 files changed, 6 insertions, 67 deletions
diff --git a/interface-definitions/include/certificate-ca.xml.i b/interface-definitions/include/certificate-ca.xml.i
index b97378658..3cde2a48d 100644
--- a/interface-definitions/include/certificate-ca.xml.i
+++ b/interface-definitions/include/certificate-ca.xml.i
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
       <description>File in /config/auth directory</description>
     </valueHelp>
     <constraint>
-      <validator name="file-exists" argument="--directory /config/auth"/>
+      <validator name="file-path" argument="--strict --parent-dir /config/auth"/>
     </constraint>
   </properties>
 </leafNode>
diff --git a/interface-definitions/include/certificate-key.xml.i b/interface-definitions/include/certificate-key.xml.i
index 1db9dd069..2c4d81fbb 100644
--- a/interface-definitions/include/certificate-key.xml.i
+++ b/interface-definitions/include/certificate-key.xml.i
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
       <description>File in /config/auth directory</description>
     </valueHelp>
     <constraint>
-      <validator name="file-exists" argument="--directory /config/auth"/>
+      <validator name="file-path" argument="--strict --parent-dir /config/auth"/>
     </constraint>
   </properties>
 </leafNode>
diff --git a/interface-definitions/include/certificate.xml.i b/interface-definitions/include/certificate.xml.i
index fb5be45cc..6a5b2936c 100644
--- a/interface-definitions/include/certificate.xml.i
+++ b/interface-definitions/include/certificate.xml.i
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
       <description>File in /config/auth directory</description>
     </valueHelp>
     <constraint>
-      <validator name="file-exists" argument="--directory /config/auth"/>
+      <validator name="file-path" argument="--strict --parent-dir /config/auth"/>
     </constraint>
   </properties>
 </leafNode>
diff --git a/interface-definitions/protocols-rpki.xml.in b/interface-definitions/protocols-rpki.xml.in
index 4535d3990..0098cacb6 100644
--- a/interface-definitions/protocols-rpki.xml.in
+++ b/interface-definitions/protocols-rpki.xml.in
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
                     <properties>
                       <help>RPKI SSH known hosts file</help>
                       <constraint>
-                        <validator name="file-exists"/>
+                        <validator name="file-path"/>
                       </constraint>
                     </properties>
                   </leafNode>
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
                     <properties>
                       <help>RPKI SSH private key file</help>
                       <constraint>
-                        <validator name="file-exists"/>
+                        <validator name="file-path"/>
                       </constraint>
                     </properties>
                   </leafNode>
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
                     <properties>
                       <help>RPKI SSH public key file path</help>
                       <constraint>
-                        <validator name="file-exists"/>
+                        <validator name="file-path"/>
                       </constraint>
                     </properties>
                   </leafNode>
diff --git a/src/validators/file-exists b/src/validators/file-exists
deleted file mode 100755
index 5cef6b199..000000000
--- a/src/validators/file-exists
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-#
-# Copyright (C) 2019 VyOS maintainers and contributors
-#
-# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
-# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or later as
-# published by the Free Software Foundation.
-#
-# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-# GNU General Public License for more details.
-#
-# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-#
-# Description:
-# Check if a given file exists on the system. Used for files that
-# are referenced from the CLI and need to be preserved during an image upgrade.
-# Warn the user if these aren't under /config
-
-import os
-import sys
-import argparse
-
-
-def exit(strict, message):
-    if strict:
-        sys.exit(f'ERROR: {message}')
-    print(f'WARNING: {message}', file=sys.stderr)
-    sys.exit()
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
-    parser.add_argument("-d", "--directory", type=str, help="File must be present in this directory.")
-    parser.add_argument("-e", "--error", action="store_true", help="Tread warnings as errors - change exit code to '1'")
-    parser.add_argument("file", type=str, help="Path of file to validate")
-
-    args = parser.parse_args()
-
-    #
-    # Always check if the given file exists
-    #
-    if not os.path.exists(args.file):
-        exit(args.error, f"File '{args.file}' not found")
-
-    #
-    # Optional check if the file is under a certain directory path
-    #
-    if args.directory:
-        # remove directory path from path to verify
-        rel_filename = args.file.replace(args.directory, '').lstrip('/')
-
-        if not os.path.exists(args.directory + '/' + rel_filename):
-            exit(args.error,
-                f"'{args.file}' lies outside of '{args.directory}' directory.\n"
-                  "It will not get preserved during image upgrade!"
-            )
-
-    sys.exit()