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libuser:
Fields:
- USERNAME
- USERPASSWORD
- UIDNUMBER
- GIDNUMBER
- GECOS
- HOMEDIRECTORY
- LOGINSHELL
- GROUPNAME
- GROUPPASSWORD
- GIDNUMBER
- ADMINISTRATORUID
- MEMBERUID
- SHADOWNAME
- SHADOWPASSWORD
- SHADOWEXPIRE
- SHADOWFLAG
- SHADOWINACTIVE
- SHADOWLASTCHANGE
- SHADOWMAX
- SHADOWMIN
- SHADOWWARNING
- UT_NAMESIZE
Methods:
- getUserShells: Returns a list of valid shells for users on
the system.
Arguments:
None.
Returns: a list of strings.
- admin: Creates and returns a new libuser.Admin object.
Keyword Arguments:
name=
type=
info=
auth=
Returns: a libuser.Admin object.
- PROMPT: Creates and returns a new libuser.Prompt object.
Arguments:
None.
Returns: a libuser.Prompt object.
Types:
- Admin - An administrative context.
Methods:
- lookupUserByName:
- lookupUserById:
- lookupGroupByName:
- lookupGroupById: Look up information about a
user or group using the
user or group's name or
UID/GID.
Arguments:
A name as a string or a
numeric ID.
Returns: A libuser.Entity object
containing information about the
user or group, or None if there
is no matching user or group.
- initUser:
- initGroup: Create a new libuser.Entity object,
initialized with information suitable
for creating a new user or group.
Arguments:
The new user or group's name as
a string (required).
A true/false value indicating
whether this is a system account
or not (optional, default no).
Returns: A libuser.Entity object
containing information for
the user or group to be
created.
- addUser: Add a new user to the system:
Arguments:
A libuser.Entity object with the
new user or group's information
(required).
A true/false object indicating
whether or not the home
directory for the user
should be created (optional,
defaults yes).
A true/false object indicating
whether or not the mail spool
for the user should be created
(optional, defaults yes).
Keyword Arguments:
skeleton=
- addGroup: Add a new group to the system:
Arguments:
A libuser.Entity object with the
new group's information
(required).
- modifyUser: Modify information about a user
on the system.
Arguments:
A libuser.Entity object with the
user or group's information
(required).
A true/false object indicating
whether or not the home
directory for the user should be
moved from its original location
to the location stored in the
entity's libuser.HOMEDIRECTORY
attribute (optional, default
no).
- modifyGroup: Modify information about a group
on the system.
Arguments:
A libuser.Entity object with the
group's information (required).
- deleteUser: Remove a user account.
Arguments:
A libuser.Entity object with the
user's information (required).
A true/false value indicating
whether or not this user's home
directory should be removed
(optional, default no).
A true/false value indicating
whether or not this user's mail
spool should be removed
(optional, default no).
- deleteGroup: Remove a group from the system.
Arguments:
A libuser.Entity object with the
group's information (required).
- lockUser:
- lockGroup: Lock a user or group account.
Arguments:
A libuser.Entity object with the
user or group's information
(required).
A true/false object indicating
whether unlocking
- unlockUser:
- unlockGroup: Unlock a user or group account.
Arguments:
A libuser.Entity object with the
user or group's information
(required).
A true/false object indicating
whether unlocking that would
empty the password field should
fail (optional, default no).
- setpassUser:
- setpassGroup:
Arguments:
A libuser.Entity object with the
user or group's information
(required).
A string containing the new
password (required). This is
preferably in plaintext.
An object indicating whether
or not the string is a value
returned by crypt.crypt():
a false value indicates that
the string is plaintext.
- removepassUser:
- removepassGroup:
Arguments:
A libuser.Entity object with the
user or group's information
(required).
- enumerateUsers:
- enumerateGroups: Get a list of users or groups
known to the library and its modules.
Arguments:
A pattern (wildcard-style) which
returned user or group names
should match (optional, default
is all ("*")).
Returns: a list of user or group names.
- enumerateUsersByGroup: Get a list of users who
belong to a particular group.
Arguments:
A group's name (required).
Returns: a list of user names.
- enumerateGroupsByUser: Get a list of groups to
which a user belongs.
Arguments:
A user's name (required).
Returns: a list of group names.
- enumerateUsersFull:
- enumerateGroupsFull: Get a list of users or
groups known to the library and its
modules, along with any data which can
be looked up about them.
- promptConsole: Prompt the user for
information, including for information
for which there is a supplied default.
Arguments:
A list of libuser.Prompt
objects.
Returns: a true/false value indicating
success or failure.
- promptConsoleQuiet: Prompt the user for
information, except for information for
which there is a supplied default.
Arguments:
A list of libuser.Prompt
objects.
Returns: a true/false value indicating
success or failure.
- getFirstUnusedUid: Search the system for
an unused UID.
Arguments:
An initial guess (numeric).
Returns: an unused UID.
- getFirstUnusedGid: Search the system for
an unused GID.
Arguments:
An initial guess (numeric).
Returns: an unused GID.
Fields:
- prompt(function): A method which can be used
to process lists of libuser.Prompt
objects. Can be set to the object's
promptConsole or promptConsoleQuiet
methods, or a user-supplied function.
- prompt_args: Additional arguments which should
be passed to prompt().
- Entity - An entity.
Methods:
- getattrlist: Return a list of attributes this
entity possesses.
Arguments:
None.
Returns: a list of attribute names.
- modules: Return a list of the modules which
assisted in the creation or lookup of
this libuser.Entity object.
Arguments:
None.
Returns: a list of module names.
- has_key: Check if this entity possesses a
given attribute.
Arguments:
An attribute name (required).
Returns: a true/false value.
- get: Return a list of the values for one
attribute this entity possesses.
Arguments:
An attribute name (required).
Returns: a list of values.
- set: Set a list of the values for one
attribute this entity possesses.
Arguments:
An attribute name (required).
A value or a list of values for
that attribute (required).
Returns: nothing.
- add: Add a single value to the list of the
values for one attribute this entity
possesses.
Arguments:
An attribute name (required).
A value for that attribute
(required).
Returns: nothing.
- clear: Remove all values for one attribute
this entity possesses.
Arguments:
An attribute name (required).
Returns: nothing.
- revert: Reset all values for one attribute
this entity possesses to the values
which it had when it was created.
Arguments:
None.
Returns: nothing.
Fields:
All get()table and set()table attributes are
also implemented using mapping conventions.
- Prompt - A prompt record.
Methods:
None.
Fields:
- prompt(string): The text of the request
which is given to the user.
- domain(string): A gettext domain which may
be able to provide translations of the
prompt.
- visible(true/false): Whether or not the user
should be able to see a response while
typing it.
- default_value(string): A default answer.
- value(string): The user's answer.
quota:
Fields:
- USER
- GROUP
Methods:
- get - read quotas for a user or group
Keyword Arguments:
type= USER or GROUP, as above.
name= A user or group name.
special= The device node to read quota
information from.
Returns: a quota.Quota object.
- set - set quotas for a user or group
Arguments:
A quota.Quota object.
Types:
- Quota - Quota settings for a user or group on a special
device.
Fields:
user (USER quota only) - the user whose quota
this object represents.
group (GROUP quota only) - the group whose quota
this object represents.
special - the special device on which this
quota is set.
inodeUsage - the user or group's current inode
use count.
inodeSoft - the soft limit.
inodeHard - the hard limit.
inodeGrace - the grace period.
blockUsage - the user or group's current block
use count, in kilobytes.
blockSoft - the soft limit.
blockHard - the hard limit.
blockGrace - the grace period.