Commit c1c35b2d authored by Cristiano Urban's avatar Cristiano Urban
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Use Python password database module in place of /etc/passwd. This seems to... 


Use Python password database module in place of /etc/passwd. This seems to work fine also with the SSSD daemon on tn-bastion.ia2.

Signed-off-by: default avatarCristiano Urban <cristiano.urban@inaf.it>
parent 054d2da3

transfer_service/system_utils.py

+12 −20
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@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ 
#



import os

import pwd

import re

import shutil

import sys
@@ -27,24 +28,15 @@ class SystemUtils(object): 


    def userInfo(self, username):

        """

        Parses '/etc/passwd' and returns user, uid and gid associated to

        a given username.

        Returns username, UID and GID associated to a given user,

        using the Python password database module (pwd).

        """

        try:

            fp = open("/etc/passwd", 'r')

        except FileNotFoundError:

            raise

        else:

            for line in fp:

                info = line.split(':')

                user = info[0]

                uid = int(info[2])

                gid = int(info[3])

                if user == username:

                    fp.close()

                    return [ user, uid, gid ]

            fp.close()

            info = pwd.getpwnam(username)

        except KeyError:

            return False

        else:

            return [ info[0], info[2], info[3] ]



    def findIllegalCharacters(self, name):

        """Checks for file/dir names containing illegal characters."""