py-bsdauth 1.0.0

Python interface to OpenBSD's BSD Auth api in libc.

py-bsdauth

• Python interface to OpenBSD's BSD Auth api in libc
• Currently only implements auth_userokay(3) since this is most suitable for authenticating to OpenBSD from python

Note

• Your application must have root privileges in order to use this module.

Usage:

>>> from bsdauth.bsdauth import UserOkay
>>> u='user1'
>>> pw='goodpassword'
>>> uo=UserOkay(u,pw)
>>> uo.login()
True
>>> pw='badpassword'
>>> uo = UserOkay(ur,pw)
>>> uo.login()
False
>>> ur='baduser'
>>> pw='goodpassword'
>>> uo = UserOkay(ur,pw)
>>> uo.login()
False
>>> exit()