twisted.cred.checkers.FilePasswordDB : API documentation

A file-based, text-based username/password database.

Records in the datafile for this class are delimited by a particular string. The username appears in a fixed field of the columns delimited by this string, as does the password. Both fields are specifiable. If the passwords are not stored plaintext, a hash function must be supplied to convert plaintext passwords to the form stored on disk and this CredentialsChecker will only be able to check IUsernamePassword credentials. If the passwords are stored plaintext, IUsernameHashedPassword credentials will be checkable as well.

def __init__(self, filename, delim=':', usernameField=0, passwordField=1, caseSensitive=True, hash=None, cache=False): (source)

Parameters	filename	The name of the file from which to read username and password information. (type: `str`)
	delim	The field delimiter used in the file. (type: `str`)
	usernameField	The index of the username after splitting a line on the delimiter. (type: `int`)
	passwordField	The index of the password after splitting a line on the delimiter. (type: `int`)
	caseSensitive	If true, consider the case of the username when performing a lookup. Ignore it otherwise. (type: `bool`)
	hash	A function used to transform the plaintext password received over the network to a format suitable for comparison against the version stored on disk. The arguments to the callable are the username, the network-supplied password, and the in-file version of the password. If the return value compares equal to the version stored on disk, the credentials are accepted. (type: Three-argument callable or `None`)
	cache	If true, maintain an in-memory cache of the contents of the password file. On lookups, the mtime of the file will be checked, and the file will only be re-parsed if the mtime is newer than when the cache was generated. (type: `bool`)

def __getstate__(self): (source)

Undocumented

def _cbPasswordMatch(self, matched, username): (source)

Undocumented

def _loadCredentials(self): (source)

Loads the credentials from the configured file.

Returns	An iterable of `username, password` couples. (type: `iterable`)
Raises	UnauthorizedLogin	when failing to read the credentials from the file.

def getUser(self, username): (source)

Undocumented

def requestAvatarId(self, c): (source)

from twisted.cred.checkers.ICredentialsChecker

Parameters	credentials	something which implements one of the interfaces in self.credentialInterfaces.
Returns	a Deferred which will fire a string which identifies an avatar, an empty tuple to specify an authenticated anonymous user (provided as checkers.ANONYMOUS) or fire a Failure(UnauthorizedLogin). Alternatively, return the result itself.
See Also	`twisted.cred.credentials`

Method	__init__
Method	__getstate__	Undocumented
Method	getUser	Undocumented
Method	requestAvatarId
Method	_cbPasswordMatch	Undocumented
Method	_loadCredentials	Loads the credentials from the configured file.

twisted.cred.checkers.FilePasswordDB class documentation

`twisted.cred.checkers.FilePasswordDB` class documentation