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authorFrederic Lepied <flepied@mandriva.com>2003-08-22 09:50:06 +0000
committerFrederic Lepied <flepied@mandriva.com>2003-08-22 09:50:06 +0000
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better doc for no_password_aging_for and set_security_conf
allow to pass a number in set_umask
Diffstat (limited to 'share/libmsec.py')
-rw-r--r--share/libmsec.py20
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/share/libmsec.py b/share/libmsec.py
index 9bddf66..8c95c4a 100644
--- a/share/libmsec.py
+++ b/share/libmsec.py
@@ -168,11 +168,16 @@ create_server_link.arg_trans = YES_NO_TRANS
################################################################################
+STRING_TYPE = type('')
+
# helper function for set_root_umask and set_user_umask
def set_umask(variable, umask, msg):
'D'
msec = ConfigFile.get_config_file(MSEC)
-
+
+ if type(umask) == STRING_TYPE:
+ umask = int(umask, 8)
+
if msec.exists():
val = msec.get_shell_variable(variable)
else:
@@ -181,9 +186,12 @@ def set_umask(variable, umask, msg):
# don't lower security when not changing security level
if _same_level:
if val:
- octal = int(umask, 8) | int(val, 8)
+ octal = umask | int(val, 8)
umask = '0%o' % octal
-
+
+ if type(umask) != STRING_TYPE:
+ umask = '0%o' % umask
+
if val != umask:
_interactive and log(_('Setting %s umask to %s') % (msg, umask))
msec.set_shell_variable(variable, umask)
@@ -1137,7 +1145,9 @@ inactive_regex = re.compile('^Inactive:\s*(-?[0-9]+)', re.MULTILINE)
no_aging_list = []
def no_password_aging_for(name):
- '''D Add the name as an exception to the handling of password aging by msec.'''
+ '''D Add the name as an exception to the handling of password aging by msec.
+Name must be put between '. Msec will then no more manage password aging for
+name so you have to use chage(1) to manage it by hand.'''
no_aging_list.append(name)
# TODO FL Sat Dec 29 20:18:20 2001
@@ -1205,7 +1215,7 @@ def password_aging(max, inactive=-1):
def set_security_conf(var, value):
'''1 Set the variable \\fIvar\\fP to the value \\fIvalue\\fP in /var/lib/msec/security.conf.
The best way to override the default setting is to use create /etc/security/msec/security.conf
-with the value you want.
+with the value you want. These settings are used to configure the daily check run each night.
The following variables are currentrly recognized by msec: