21 changed files with 477 additions and 131 deletions
--- a/.bin/create-home-tarball.sh
+++ b/.bin/create-home-tarball.sh
@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ replace_home() {
 find .config -type d -exec chmod g+x {} +

 replace_home "$PWD" "/home/devuser"
-tar --mode=a=r,u+w,a+x -czf home.tar.gz --owner root:0 --group root:0 --xform "s,$PWD,/home/devuser," .config .local .ssh
+tar -czf home.tar.gz --owner root:0 --group secproc:1002 --xform "s,$PWD,/home/devuser," .config .local .ssh start.sh
 replace_home "/home/devuser" "$PWD"
--- a/.bin/generate-user-config.sh
+++ b/.bin/generate-user-config.sh
@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+YAML_FILE="access.yml"
+TEMPLATE_FILE="gitconfig.template"
+USER="$1"
+
+# Extract user fields from YAML
+GIT_NAME=$(yq ".\"$USER\".name" "$YAML_FILE")
+GIT_EMAIL=$(yq ".\"$USER\".email" "$YAML_FILE")
+
+# Ensure fields are not empty
+if [[ -z "$GIT_NAME" || -z "$GIT_EMAIL" ]]; then
+  echo "❌ Error: User '$USER' not found or missing name/email in $YAML_FILE"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Create output directory
+USER_DIR="files/$USER"
+mkdir -p "$USER_DIR"
+
+# Generate .gitconfig
+env GIT_NAME="$GIT_NAME" GIT_EMAIL="$GIT_EMAIL" \
+  envsubst <"$TEMPLATE_FILE" >"$USER_DIR/gitconfig"
+
+echo "✅ .gitconfig created at $USER_DIR/gitconfig"
+
+# Generate SSH keypair if it doesn't exist
+KEYFILE="$USER_DIR/id_ed25519"
+
+if [[ -f "$KEYFILE" ]]; then
+  echo "🔑 SSH key already exists for $USER at $KEYFILE"
+else
+  ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -N "" -C "$GIT_EMAIL" -f "$KEYFILE"
+  echo "✅ SSH keypair generated at:"
+  echo "   🔐 Private: $KEYFILE"
+  echo "   🔓 Public : $KEYFILE.pub"
+fi
--- a/.bin/install-config.sh
+++ b/.bin/install-config.sh
@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env fish
-
-fisher install patrickf1/fzf.fish jorgebucaran/autopair.fish gazorby/fish-abbreviation-tips jethrokuan/z
-echo 'function fish_greeting; fortune; end' >"$HOME"/.config/fish/functions/fish_greeting.fish
-echo 'starship init fish | source' >"$HOME"/.config/fish/config.fish
--- a/.bin/test-tmux.sh
+++ b/.bin/test-tmux.sh
@ -24,5 +24,7 @@ if ! tmux has-session -t "$SESSION" 2>/dev/null; then
  tmux new-session -d -s "$SESSION" -n editor 'HOME='"$HOME"' XDG_STATE_HOME='"$HOME/.state"' /usr/bin/fish'
 fi

+tmux send-keys -t $SESSION:editor 'fisher install jorgebucaran/fisher pure-fish/pure patrickf1/fzf.fish jorgebucaran/autopair.fish gazorby/fish-abbreviation-tips jethrokuan/z' Enter
+
 # Attach to it
 exec tmux attach -t "$SESSION"
--- a/.config/fish/config.fish
+++ b/.config/fish/config.fish
@ -1 +0,0 @@
-starship init fish | source
--- a/.config/fish/fish_plugins
+++ b/.config/fish/fish_plugins
@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-patrickf1/fzf.fish
-jorgebucaran/autopair.fish
-gazorby/fish-abbreviation-tips
-jethrokuan/z
--- a/.config/fish/functions/fish_greeting.fish
+++ b/.config/fish/functions/fish_greeting.fish
@ -1 +0,0 @@
-function fish_greeting; fortune; end
--- a/.config/nvim/lazyvim.json
+++ b/.config/nvim/lazyvim.json
@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
    "lazyvim.plugins.extras.lang.json",
    "lazyvim.plugins.extras.lang.markdown",
    "lazyvim.plugins.extras.lang.python",
-    "lazyvim.plugins.extras.lang.rust",
    "lazyvim.plugins.extras.lang.scala",
    "lazyvim.plugins.extras.lang.sql",
    "lazyvim.plugins.extras.lang.toml",
--- a/.config/tmux/tmux.conf.local
+++ b/.config/tmux/tmux.conf.local
@ -431,9 +431,9 @@ tmux_conf_uninstall_plugins_on_reload=true
 # visit https://github.com/tmux-plugins for available plugins
 #set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-copycat'
 #set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-cpu'
-set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-resurrect'
-set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-continuum'
-set -g @continuum-restore 'on'
+#set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-resurrect'
+#set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-continuum'
+#set -g @continuum-restore 'on'

 set -g @plugin 'catppuccin/tmux'

--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@ -2,11 +2,6 @@ logs
 .local
 .cache
 .state
-.config/fish/*/*
-.config/fish/fish_variables
-!.config/fish/config.fish
-!.config/fish/fish_plugins
-!.config/fish/functions/fish_greeting.fish
+.config/fish
 .npm
 .config/nvim/lazy-lock.json
-home.tar.gz
--- a/.ssh/config
+++ b/.ssh/config
@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 Host alps
    HostName 10.88.0.1
    User git
+    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
    IdentitiesOnly yes
    StrictHostKeyChecking yes
    Port 2222
@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ Host alps
 Host github
    HostName github.com
    User git
+    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
    IdentitiesOnly yes
    StrictHostKeyChecking yes
    ProxyCommand none
--- a/.vscode/tasks.json
+++ b/.vscode/tasks.json
@ -17,14 +17,6 @@
      "problemMatcher": [],
      "detail": "build podman image using buildah"
    },
-    {
-      "label": "GitOps(Build): all images",
-      "type": "shell",
-      "command": ".bin/gitops build all",
-      "group": "build",
-      "problemMatcher": [],
-      "detail": "build podman image using buildah"
-    },
    {
      "label": "GitOps: Clean dangling images",
      "type": "shell",
@ -33,12 +25,44 @@
      "detail": "Clean podman images"
    },
    {
-      "label": "GitOps(Update): Containerfile",
+      "label": "Gitops(Update): build-base.sh",
      "type": "shell",
-      "command": ".bin/gitops update containerfile",
+      "command": ".bin/gitops update base",
      "group": "build",
      "problemMatcher": [],
-      "detail": "Copy Containerfile to $HOME/"
+      "detail": "Copy build-base.sh to /home/infilytics/.local/bin/"
+    },
+    {
+      "label": "GitOps(Update): build-workspace.sh",
+      "type": "shell",
+      "command": ".bin/gitops update workspace",
+      "group": "build",
+      "problemMatcher": [],
+      "detail": "Copy build-workspace.sh to /home/infilytics/.local/bin/"
+    },
+    {
+      "label": "GitOps(Update): ssh_router.sh",
+      "type": "shell",
+      "command": ".bin/gitops update ssh_router",
+      "group": "build",
+      "problemMatcher": [],
+      "detail": "Copy ssh_router.sh to /home/infilytics/.local/bin/"
+    },
+    {
+      "label": "GitOps(Update): access.yml",
+      "type": "shell",
+      "command": ".bin/gitops update access",
+      "group": "build",
+      "problemMatcher": [],
+      "detail": "Copy access.yml to /home/infilytics/"
+    },
+    {
+      "label": "GitOps(Update): gitops_router.sh",
+      "type": "shell",
+      "command": ".bin/gitops update gitops_router",
+      "group": "build",
+      "problemMatcher": [],
+      "detail": "Copy gitops_router.sh to /home/infilytics/.local/bin"
    },
    {
      "label": "GitOps(Update): home.tar.gz",
@ -46,23 +70,7 @@
      "command": ".bin/gitops update home_tar",
      "group": "build",
      "problemMatcher": [],
-      "detail": "Copy home.tar.gz to $HOME/"
-    },
-    {
-      "label": "GitOps(Update): gitconfig.template",
-      "type": "shell",
-      "command": ".bin/gitops update gitconfig",
-      "group": "build",
-      "problemMatcher": [],
-      "detail": "Copy gitconfig.template to $HOME/"
-    },
-    {
-      "label": "GitOps(Update): start.sh",
-      "type": "shell",
-      "command": ".bin/gitops update start.sh",
-      "group": "build",
-      "problemMatcher": [],
-      "detail": "Copy start.sh to $HOME/"
+      "detail": "Copy home.tar.gz to /home/infilytics/"
    },
    {
      "label": "Create home tarball",
@ -94,13 +102,6 @@
      "problemMatcher": [],
      "detail": "run podman rm $args on remote"
    },
-    {
-      "label": "GitOps: Remove workspace image",
-      "type": "shell",
-      "command": ".bin/gitops rmi ${input:images}",
-      "problemMatcher": [],
-      "detail": "run podman rmi $args on remote"
-    },
    {
      "label": "Cleanup worktree",
      "type": "shell",
@ -116,12 +117,6 @@
      "description": "Pick a container",
      "options": ["pallav", "palak", "param", "darshan"],
      "default": "pallav"
-    },
-    {
-      "id": "images",
-      "type": "promptString",
-      "description": "space separated list of images",
-      "default": ""
    }
  ]
 }
--- a/66
+++ b/66
@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-# ───────────────────
-# Stage 1: Base Image
-# ───────────────────
-FROM archlinux:base-devel-20250511.0.348143 as base
-
-ARG DEV_USER=devuser
-ARG DEV_UID=1000
-ARG DEV_GID=1000
-
-# Install all necessary packages and clean up cache
-RUN pacman -Sy --noconfirm && \
-  pacman -S --noconfirm --needed \
-  base-devel neovim git git-lfs fish tmux go-yq rust starship podman \
-  nodejs python fzf fd ripgrep jdk-openjdk fisher yazi less rust-analyzer \
-  lazygit luarocks python-pynvim npm bash-completion tree-sitter-cli kitty-terminfo \
-  lua51 openssh fortune-mod podman-compose podman-docker && \
-  pacman -Scc --noconfirm && \
-  rm -rf /var/cache/pacman/pkg/* /usr/bin/sshd /usr/lib/systemd/system/sshd.service
-
-# Create user/groups as per your script, with -l to avoid system user quirks
-RUN groupadd -g $DEV_GID $DEV_USER && \
-  useradd -l -ms /bin/fish -u $DEV_UID -g $DEV_GID $DEV_USER
-
-# ────────────────────────
-# Stage 2: Workspace Image
-# ────────────────────────
-FROM base as workspace
-
-ARG DEV_USER=devuser
-ARG DEV_UID=1000
-ARG DEV_GID=1000
-ARG DEV_HOME=/home/$DEV_USER
-ARG POD_USER=mypodmanuser
-ARG POD_UID=1002
-
-# Use ADD for extracting archives
-ADD home.tar.gz $DEV_HOME
-COPY --chmod=755 start.sh $DEV_HOME/
-
-# Prepare .ssh and known_hosts, and fix permissions only if dirs exist
-RUN mkdir -p $DEV_HOME/.ssh && \
-  touch /etc/containers/nodocker && \
-  ssh-keyscan -p 2222 10.88.0.1 >> $DEV_HOME/.ssh/known_hosts && \
-  ssh-keyscan -p 22 github.com >> $DEV_HOME/.ssh/known_hosts && \
-  for d in $DEV_HOME/.local \
-  $DEV_HOME/.config/fish/completions \
-  $DEV_HOME/.config/fish/functions \
-  $DEV_HOME/.config/fish/fish_variables \
-  $DEV_HOME/.ssh; do \
-  if [ -e "$d" ]; then chown -R $DEV_USER:$DEV_USER "$d"; fi; \
-  done && \
-  for d in $DEV_HOME/.local \
-  $DEV_HOME/.config \
-  $DEV_HOME/.config/fish \
-  $DEV_HOME/.config/tmux; do \
-  if [ -e "$d" ]; then chown $DEV_USER:$DEV_USER "$d"; fi; \
-  done
-
-WORKDIR /app
-USER $DEV_USER
-
-RUN  podman system connection add my-remote --identity $DEV_HOME/.ssh/id_ed25519 \
-  ssh://$POD_USER@10.88.0.1/run/user/${POD_UID}/podman/podman.sock && \
-  podman system connection default my-remote
-
-CMD ["/home/devuser/start.sh"]
--- a/access.yml
+++ b/access.yml
@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+pallav:
+  name: Pallav Vasa
+  email: pallav@infilytics.in
+  rw:
+    - darshan
+    - param
+    - palak
+
+darshan:
+  name: Darshan Parmar
+  email: darshan@infilytics.in
+  rw:
+    - param
+  ro:
+    - pallav
+
+param:
+  name: Param Makawana
+  email: param@infilytics.in
+  ro:
+    - pallav
+    - darshan
+
+palak:
+  name: Palak Vasa
+  email: pakak@infilytics.in
+  ro:
+    - pallav
+    - param
+    - darshan
--- a/1
+++ b/1
@ -0,0 +1 @@
+command="/home/infilytics/ssh_router.sh pallav",no-port-forwarding,no-agent-forwarding,no-X11-forwarding ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIK0il/OJiXygyPWYBt05+OQYjJPxgGuP3kP9hLsD/C7x phoenix@sphinx
--- a/build-base.sh
+++ b/build-base.sh
@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+BASE_IMG_NAME="analytics-backend-base"
+DEV_USER=devuser
+DEV_UID=1001
+DEV_GID=1001
+
+ctr=$(buildah from archlinux)
+
+buildah run "$ctr" -- bash -c "
+  pacman -Sy --noconfirm && \
+  pacman -S --noconfirm --needed base-devel neovim git git-lfs fish tmux \
+  nodejs python podman fzf fd ripgrep jdk-openjdk fisher yazi less buildah \
+  lazygit luarocks python-pynvim npm bash-completion tree-sitter-cli kitty-terminfo \
+  lua51 openssh && \
+  pacman -Scc --noconfirm && \
+  groupadd -g $DEV_GID $DEV_USER && \
+  groupadd -g 1002 secproc && \
+  useradd -ms /bin/fish -G secproc -u $DEV_UID -g $DEV_GID $DEV_USER
+"
+
+buildah commit "$ctr" $BASE_IMG_NAME
+echo "✅ $BASE_IMG_NAME built."
--- a/build-workspace.sh
+++ b/build-workspace.sh
@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+BASE_IMG_NAME="analytics-backend-base"
+IMG_NAME="analytics-backend-workspace"
+DEV_USER=devuser
+DEV_HOME=/home/$DEV_USER
+
+ctr=$(buildah from "$BASE_IMG_NAME")
+
+buildah add "$ctr" home.tar.gz $DEV_HOME
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC2016
+buildah run "$ctr" -- fish -c '
+  set -gx HOME '"$DEV_HOME"';
+  ssh-keyscan -p 2222 10.88.0.1 >> $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts;
+  ssh-keyscan -p 22 github.com >> $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts;
+  chown -R '"$DEV_USER"':'"$DEV_USER"' $HOME/.local $HOME/.config/fish/completions \
+    $HOME/.config/fish/functions $HOME/.config/fish/fish_variables $HOME/.ssh;
+  chown '"$DEV_USER"':'"$DEV_USER"' $HOME/.config $HOME/.config/fish \
+    $HOME/.config/tmux;
+'
+
+buildah config \
+  --user $DEV_USER \
+  --workingdir /app \
+  --env CONTAINER_HOST=unix:///run/podman/podman.sock \
+  --cmd "[\"$DEV_HOME/start.sh\"]" \
+  "$ctr"
+
+buildah commit "$ctr" $IMG_NAME
+echo "✅ $IMG_NAME built from $BASE_IMG_NAME."
--- a/gitops_router.sh
+++ b/gitops_router.sh
@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+PERSON="$1"
+HOST="alps:3222"
+PROTOCOL="http"
+REPO="babbarc/workspaces"
+BRANCH="master"
+
+LOG_FILE="/tmp/.gitops-router-${PERSON}.log"
+
+log() {
+  local level="${1^^}" # convert to uppercase
+  shift
+  echo "[$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')] [$level] $*" | tee -a "$LOG_FILE"
+}
+
+log info "Received SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND: $SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND"
+
+# Ensure the variable is set
+if [[ -z "${SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND:-}" ]]; then
+  log error "No SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND provided."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+geturl() {
+  echo "$PROTOCOL://$HOST/$REPO/$1/branch/$BRANCH/$2"
+}
+
+function run() {
+  "$HOME"/.local/bin/"$1"
+}
+
+function update() {
+  type=${4:-raw}
+  fname=$(basename "$1")
+  output_path="$HOME/$2/$fname"
+  url=$(geturl "$type" "$1")
+
+  [ -f "$output_path" ] && chmod 700 "$output_path"
+  curl -fsSL "$url" -o "$output_path" && log info "Downloaded $url to $output_path"
+  chmod "$3" "$output_path"
+}
+
+clean_images() {
+  # Get list of image IDs with <none> tag (dangling images)
+  dangling_images=$(podman images -f "dangling=true" -q)
+
+  if [ -z "$dangling_images" ]; then
+    echo "✅ No dangling images to remove."
+  else
+    echo "⚠️ Removing dangling images..."
+    echo "$dangling_images" | xargs podman rmi
+    echo "🧹 Done!"
+  fi
+}
+
+# Strip arguments and parse command
+read -r command args <<<"$SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND"
+
+# Define command routing
+case "$command" in
+build)
+  case "$args" in
+  base)
+    run build-base.sh
+    ;;
+  workspace)
+    run build-workspace.sh
+    ;;
+  *)
+    log error "Invalid arguments for build command: $args"
+    ;;
+  esac
+  ;;
+update)
+  case "$args" in
+  workspace)
+    update build-workspace.sh .local/bin 500
+    ;;
+  base)
+    update build-base.sh .local/bin 500
+    ;;
+  access)
+    update access.yml . 400
+    ;;
+  ssh_router)
+    update ssh_router.sh .local/bin 500
+    ;;
+  gitops_router)
+    update gitops_router.sh .local/bin 500
+    ;;
+  home_tar)
+    update home.tar.gz . 500 media
+    ;;
+  *)
+    log error "Invalid arguments for update command: $args"
+    ;;
+  esac
+  ;;
+clean)
+  clean_images
+  ;;
+status)
+  podman images
+  ;;
+remove)
+  podman rm "$args"
+  ;;
+*)
+  log error "Unknown command: $command"
+  exit 127
+  ;;
+esac
--- a/home.tar.gz
+++ b/home.tar.gz
--- a/ssh_router.sh
+++ b/ssh_router.sh
@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+PERSON="$1"
+WORKSPACE="$SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND"
+IMAGE="localhost/analytics-backend-workspace:latest"
+DEV_USER="devuser"
+
+XDG_RUNTIME_DIR="/run/user/$(id -u)"
+LOG_FILE="/tmp/.ssh-router-${PERSON}.log"
+
+log() {
+  echo "[$(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')] $*" >>"$LOG_FILE"
+}
+
+if [[ ! -t 0 ]]; then
+  log "❌ No TTY allocated — refusing to run tmux without an interactive terminal"
+  echo "Error: No TTY. Use 'ssh -t'" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# log "🧩 IMAGE = '$IMAGE'"
+# log "🧩 WORKSPACE = '$WORKSPACE'"
+# log "🧩 PERSON = '$PERSON'"
+
+# Fallbacks
+if [[ -z "${WORKSPACE:-}" ]]; then
+  WORKSPACE="$PERSON"
+  log "ℹ️ Defaulted WORKSPACE to $WORKSPACE"
+fi
+
+TMUX_SESSION="$WORKSPACE|analytics-backend"
+
+# Start podman socket service if it's not running
+if [[ ! -S "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/podman/podman.sock" ]]; then
+  log "🔄 Starting Podman socket service for user $USER"
+  systemctl --user start podman.socket || {
+    log "❌ Failed to start podman.socket via systemd"
+    exit 1
+  }
+
+  # Wait briefly for socket to appear
+  sleep 1
+fi
+
+if [[ ! -S "$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/podman/podman.sock" ]]; then
+  log "❌ Podman socket still missing after startup attempt"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check if image exists locally
+if ! podman image exists "$IMAGE"; then
+  log "📦 Image $IMAGE not found locally. Pulling from registry..."
+
+  # Attempt to pull the image from the local registry (insecure HTTP)
+  if ! podman pull --tls-verify=false "$IMAGE"; then
+    log "❌ Failed to pull image from $IMAGE"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  log "✅ Successfully pulled $IMAGE"
+fi
+
+case "$SSH_ORIGINAL_COMMAND" in
+*scp* | *sftp* | *rsync* | *tar*)
+  log "❌ File transfers are disabled"
+  exit 1
+  ;;
+esac
+
+# Function to start the container if not running
+start_container_if_needed() {
+  if ! podman container exists "$WORKSPACE"; then
+    log "🚀 Creating container $WORKSPACE..."
+    podman run -dit \
+      --userns=keep-id \
+      --name "$WORKSPACE" \
+      --user "$DEV_USER" \
+      --hostname "$WORKSPACE" \
+      --label auto-cleanup=true \
+      -v "${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}"/podman/podman.sock:/run/podman/podman.sock \
+      -v /home/infilytics/data/"$WORKSPACE":/app \
+      -v /home/infilytics/secrets/"$WORKSPACE"/gitconfig:/home/"$DEV_USER"/.gitconfig:ro \
+      -v /home/infilytics/secrets/"$WORKSPACE"/id_ed25519:/home/"$DEV_USER"/.ssh/id_ed25519:ro \
+      -v /home/infilytics/secrets/"$WORKSPACE"/id_ed25519.pub:/home/"$DEV_USER"/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub:ro \
+      --entrypoint "/home/$DEV_USER/start.sh" \
+      "$IMAGE" "${TMUX_SESSION}"
+  elif ! podman inspect -f '{{.State.Running}}' "$WORKSPACE" | grep -q true; then
+    log "⚡ Starting existing container $WORKSPACE..."
+    podman start "$WORKSPACE" >/dev/null 2>&1
+  fi
+  sleep 1
+}
+
+# After devuser exits...
+check_devuser_attached() {
+  # Get list of clients
+  client_users=$(podman exec "$WORKSPACE" tmux list-clients -t "$TMUX_SESSION" -F "#{client_user}" 2>/dev/null)
+
+  if echo "$client_users" | grep -q "$DEV_USER"; then
+    log "💡 devuser still attached — container stays running"
+    return 0
+  else
+    log "🏃 $PERSON has logged out — stopping container"
+    podman stop "$WORKSPACE" >/dev/null 2>&1
+    return 1
+  fi
+}
+
+get_access_mode() {
+  local yaml_file="access.yml"
+  local workspace="$1"
+  local person="$2"
+
+  if [[ ! "$workspace" =~ ^[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+$ ]]; then
+    log "❌ Invalid container name: $WORKSPACE"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  # Special case: user accessing their own workspace
+  if [[ "$workspace" == "$person" ]]; then
+    echo "access=rw"
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  # Check rw
+  if yq '.["'"$person"'"].rw // []' "$yaml_file" | grep -q "\b$workspace\b"; then
+    echo "access=rw"
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  # Check ro
+  if yq '.["'"$person"'"].ro // []' "$yaml_file" | grep -q "\b$workspace\b"; then
+    echo "access=ro"
+    return 0
+  fi
+
+  # No access → exit with error
+  log "❌ $person has no access to $workspace" >&2
+  exit 1
+}
+
+# === Main ===
+
+read -r access_line < <(get_access_mode "$WORKSPACE" "$PERSON") || exit 1
+MODE="${access_line#access=}"
+
+case "$MODE" in
+rw)
+  start_container_if_needed
+
+  # Run tmux session inside the container
+  if ! podman exec -it --user "$DEV_USER" "$WORKSPACE" tmux has-session -t "$TMUX_SESSION" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    if ! podman exec -it -e EDITOR=nvim --user "$DEV_USER" "$WORKSPACE" tmux new-session -d -s "$TMUX_SESSION" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+      log "❌ Could not create new tmux session. Please contact admin or try again later."
+      exit 1
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  log "⚡ $PERSON is working on $WORKSPACE's workspace"
+  if ! podman exec -it -e TERM="$TERM" --user "$DEV_USER" "$WORKSPACE" tmux attach -t "$TMUX_SESSION"; then
+    log "❌ Could not attach to tmux session. Please contact admin or try again later."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  log "⚡ $PERSON finished working on $WORKSPACE's worksapce"
+
+  check_devuser_attached
+  exit 0
+  ;;
+ro)
+  if (podman container exists "$WORKSPACE" && podman inspect -f '{{.State.Running}}' "$WORKSPACE" | grep -q true) >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    log "📜 $PERSON is viewing $WORKSPACE's workspace"
+    if ! podman exec -it -e TERM="$TERM" --user "$DEV_USER" "$WORKSPACE" tmux attach -r -t "$TMUX_SESSION"; then
+      log "❌ Could not attach to tmux session. Please contact admin or try again later."
+      exit 1
+    fi
+    log "🏃 $PERSON stopped viewing $WORKSPACE's workspace"
+    exit 0
+  else
+    log "❌ Workspace for $WORKSPACE does not exist."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  ;;
+*)
+  log "❌ Invalid access mode: $MODE"
+  exit 1
+  ;;
+esac
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-PODMAN_COMPOSE_WARNING_LOGS=false EDITOR=nvim CONTAINER_CONNECTION=my-remote tmux new-session -s "$1"
+EDITOR=nvim tmux new-session -s "$1"
				`@ -0,0 +1 @@`
				`command="/home/infilytics/ssh_router.sh pallav",no-port-forwarding,no-agent-forwarding,no-X11-forwarding ssh-ed25519 AAAAC3NzaC1lZDI1NTE5AAAAIK0il/OJiXygyPWYBt05+OQYjJPxgGuP3kP9hLsD/C7x phoenix@sphinx`