Class: Yast::ShadowConfigClass

Inherits:
Module
  • Object
show all
Includes:
Logger
Defined in:
library/general/src/modules/ShadowConfig.rb

Overview

This class allows to access the API to handle login.defs attributes from Perl

See Also:

Defined Under Namespace

Classes: UnknownAttributeError

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#fetch(attr) ⇒ String?

Returns an attribute from login.defs configuration

Examples:

Getting the encryption method

Yast::ShadowConfig.fetch(:encrypt_method) #=> "SHA512"

Getting the encryption method using the variable name

Yast::ShadowConfig.fetch(ENCRYPT_METHOD) #=> "SHA512"

Parameters:

  • attr (String, Symbol) —

    Attribute name

Returns:

  • (String, nil) —

    Attribute value



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# File 'library/general/src/modules/ShadowConfig.rb', line 56

def fetch(attr)
  normalized_attr = attr.to_s.downcase
  check_attribute(normalized_attr)
  config.public_send(normalized_attr)
end

#main ⇒ Object

Module initialization



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# File 'library/general/src/modules/ShadowConfig.rb', line 34

def main
  textdomain "base"
end

#reset ⇒ Object

Resets the configuration

It forces to read the configuration again discarding the changes.



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# File 'library/general/src/modules/ShadowConfig.rb', line 42

def reset
  @config = nil
end

#set(attr, value) ⇒ Object

Sets an attribute to login.defs

Examples:

Setting the encryption method

Yast::ShadowConfig.set(:encrypt_method, "SHA512")

Parameters:

  • attr (String, Symbol) —

    Attribute name

  • value (String, nil) —

    Attribute value



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# File 'library/general/src/modules/ShadowConfig.rb', line 69

def set(attr, value)
  normalized_attr = attr.to_s.downcase
  check_attribute(normalized_attr)
  config.public_send("#{normalized_attr}=", value)
end

#write ⇒ Object

Writes the login.defs configuration



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# File 'library/general/src/modules/ShadowConfig.rb', line 76

def write
  config.save
end