class twisted.conch.checkers.UNIXPasswordDatabase: (source)
Implements interfaces: twisted.cred.checkers.ICredentialsChecker
A checker which validates users out of the UNIX password databases, or databases of a compatible format.
| Class Variable | credentialInterfaces | A list of sub-interfaces of ICredentials which specifies which I may check. |
| Method | __init__ | Undocumented |
| Method | requestAvatarId | Validate credentials and produce an avatar ID. |
| Instance Variable | _getByNameFunctions | a list of functions which are called in order to valid a user. The default value is such that the /etc/passwd database will be tried first, followed by the /etc/shadow database. |
list of functions which are called in order to valid a user. The default value is such that the /etc/passwd database will be tried first, followed by the /etc/shadow database.A list of sub-interfaces of ICredentials which specifies which I may check.
Validate credentials and produce an avatar ID.
| Parameters | credentials | something 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 | |