twisted.conch.credentials.IPluggableAuthenticationModules

Package twisted :: Package conch :: Module credentials :: Class IPluggableAuthenticationModules

Class IPluggableAuthenticationModules

Interface --+    
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 ICredentials --+
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               IPluggableAuthenticationModules

I encapsulate the authentication of a user via PAM (Pluggable Authentication Modules. I use PyPAM (available from http://www.tummy.com/Software/PyPam/index.html).

Instance Variable Summary
	`pamConversion`: A function that is called with a list of tuples (message, messageType).
	`username`: The username for the user being logged in.

Class Variable Summary
Inherited from ICredentials
	`__implements__`: Implementors _must_ provide an __implements__ attribute which contains at least the list of sub-interfaces of ICredentials to which it conforms.

Instance Variable Details

pamConversion

A function that is called with a list of tuples (message, messageType). See the PAM documentation for the meaning of messageType. The function returns a Deferred which will fire with a list of (response, 0), one for each message. The 0 is currently unused, but is required by the PAM library.

username

The username for the user being logged in.

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