twisted.plugins.cred_unix.UNIXChecker(object) class documentationtwisted.plugins.cred_unix
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Implements interfaces: twisted.cred.checkers.ICredentialsChecker
A credentials checker for a UNIX server. This will check that an authenticating username/password is a valid user on the system.
Does not work on Windows.
Right now this supports Python's pwd and spwd modules, if they are installed. It does not support PAM.
| Method | checkPwd | Obtain the encrypted password for username from the Unix
password database using pwd.getpwnam,
and see if it it matches it matches password. |
| Method | checkSpwd | Obtain the encrypted password for username from the Unix
shadow password database using spwd.getspnam,
and see if it it matches it matches password. |
| Method | requestAvatarId |
Obtain the encrypted password for username from the Unix
password database using pwd.getpwnam,
and see if it it matches it matches password.
| Parameters | pwd | Module which provides functions which access to the Unix password database. (type: module) |
| username | The user to look up in the Unix password database. (type: unicode/str
or bytes) | |
| password | The password to compare. |
Obtain the encrypted password for username from the Unix
shadow password database using spwd.getspnam,
and see if it it matches it matches password.
| Parameters | spwd | Module which provides functions which access to the Unix shadow password database. |
| username | The user to look up in the Unix password database. (type: unicode/str
or bytes) | |
| password | The password to compare. |
| 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 | |