twisted.conch.checkers.UNIXPasswordDatabase

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class UNIXPasswordDatabase: (source)

Constructor: UNIXPasswordDatabase(getByNameFunctions)

Implements interfaces: twisted.cred.checkers.ICredentialsChecker

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A checker which validates users out of the UNIX password databases, or databases of a compatible format.

Method __init__ Undocumented
Method requestAvatarId Validate credentials and produce an avatar ID.
Class Variable credentialInterfaces A list of sub-interfaces of ICredentials which specifies which I may check.
Instance Variable _getByNameFunctions a list of functions which are called in order to validate a user. The default value is such that the /etc/passwd database will be tried first, followed by the /etc/shadow database.
def __init__(self, getByNameFunctions=None): (source)

Undocumented

def requestAvatarId(self, credentials): (source)
from twisted.cred.checkers.ICredentialsChecker

Validate credentials and produce an avatar ID.

Parameters
credentialssomething which implements one of the interfaces in credentialInterfaces.
Returns
a Deferred which will fire with a bytes that identifies an avatar, an empty tuple to specify an authenticated anonymous user (provided as twisted.cred.checkers.ANONYMOUS) or fail with UnauthorizedLogin. Alternatively, return the result itself.
See Also
twisted.cred.credentials
credentialInterfaces = (source)
from twisted.cred.checkers.ICredentialsChecker

A list of sub-interfaces of ICredentials which specifies which I may check.

_getByNameFunctions = (source)

a list of functions which are called in order to validate a user. The default value is such that the /etc/passwd database will be tried first, followed by the /etc/shadow database.