8.1.4.1.1. cobbler.modules.authentication package

8.1.4.1.1.1. Submodules

8.1.4.1.1.2. cobbler.modules.authentication.configfile module

8.1.4.1.1.3. cobbler.modules.authentication.denyall module

Authentication module that denies everything. Used to disable the WebUI by default.

Copyright 2007-2009, Red Hat, Inc and Others Michael DeHaan <michael.dehaan AT gmail>

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA

cobbler.modules.authentication.denyall.authenticate(api_handle, username, password) → bool[source]

Validate a username/password combo, returning True/False

Thanks to http://trac.edgewall.org/ticket/845 for supplying the algorithm info.

cobbler.modules.authentication.denyall.register() → str[source]

The mandatory Cobbler module registration hook.

8.1.4.1.1.4. cobbler.modules.authentication.ldap module

Authentication module that uses ldap Settings in /etc/cobbler/authn_ldap.conf Choice of authentication module is in /etc/cobbler/modules.conf

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA

cobbler.modules.authentication.ldap.authenticate(api_handle, username, password) → bool[source]

Validate an LDAP bind, returning whether the authentication was successful or not.

Parameters:
  • api_handle – The api instance to resolve settings.
  • username – The username to authenticate.
  • password – The password to authenticate.
Returns:

True if the ldap server authentication was a success, otherwise false.
cobbler.modules.authentication.ldap.register() → str[source]

The mandatory Cobbler module registration hook.

Returns:Always “authn”
Return type:str

8.1.4.1.1.5. cobbler.modules.authentication.pam module

Authentication module that uses /etc/cobbler/auth.conf Choice of authentication module is in /etc/cobbler/modules.conf

Copyright 2007-2009, Red Hat, Inc and Others Michael DeHaan <michael.dehaan AT gmail>

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA

PAM python code based on the pam_python code created by Chris AtLee: http://atlee.ca/software/pam/

#———————————————– pam_python (c) 2007 Chris AtLee <chris@atlee.ca> Licensed under the MIT license: http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php

PAM module for python

Provides an authenticate function that will allow the caller to authenticate a user against the Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) on the system.

Implemented using ctypes, so no compilation is necessary.

class cobbler.modules.authentication.pam.PamConv[source]

Bases: _ctypes.Structure

wrapper class for pam_conv structure

appdata_ptr

Structure/Union member

conv

Structure/Union member

class cobbler.modules.authentication.pam.PamHandle[source]

Bases: _ctypes.Structure

wrapper class for pam_handle_t

handle

Structure/Union member

class cobbler.modules.authentication.pam.PamMessage[source]

Bases: _ctypes.Structure

wrapper class for pam_message structure

msg

Structure/Union member

msg_style

Structure/Union member

class cobbler.modules.authentication.pam.PamResponse[source]

Bases: _ctypes.Structure

wrapper class for pam_response structure

resp

Structure/Union member

resp_retcode

Structure/Union member

cobbler.modules.authentication.pam.authenticate(api_handle, username: str, password: str) → bool[source]
Parameters:api_handle – Used for resolving the the pam service name and getting the Logger.

:param username:The username to log in with. :param password: The password to log in with. :returns: True if the given username and password authenticate for the given service. Otherwise False

cobbler.modules.authentication.pam.register() → str[source]

The mandatory Cobbler module registration hook.

8.1.4.1.1.6. cobbler.modules.authentication.passthru module

8.1.4.1.1.7. cobbler.modules.authentication.spacewalk module

8.1.4.1.1.8. cobbler.modules.authentication.testing module

Authentication module that denies everything. Unsafe demo. Allows anyone in with testing/testing.

Copyright 2007-2009, Red Hat, Inc and Others Michael DeHaan <michael.dehaan AT gmail>

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA

cobbler.modules.authentication.testing.authenticate(api_handle, username: str, password: str) → bool[source]

Validate a username/password combo, returning True/False

Thanks to http://trac.edgewall.org/ticket/845 for supplying the algorithm info.

Parameters:
  • api_handle – This parameter is not used currently.
  • username – The username which should be checked.
  • password – The password which should be checked.
Returns:

True if username is “testing” and password is “testing”. Otherwise False.
cobbler.modules.authentication.testing.register() → str[source]

The mandatory Cobbler module registration hook.

Returns:Always “authn”
Return type:str

8.1.4.1.1.9. Module contents