twisted.mail.maildir.DirdbmDatabase

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class DirdbmDatabase:

Constructor: DirdbmDatabase(dbm)

Implements interfaces: twisted.cred.checkers.ICredentialsChecker

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A credentials checker which authenticates users out of a DirDBM database.

Method __init__ No summary
Method requestAvatarId Authenticate a user and, if successful, return their username.
Class Variable credentialInterfaces A list of sub-interfaces of ICredentials which specifies which I may check.
Instance Variable dirdbm An authentication database.
def __init__(self, dbm):
Parameters
dbm:DirDBMAn authentication database.
def requestAvatarId(self, c):
from twisted.cred.checkers.ICredentialsChecker

Authenticate a user and, if successful, return their username.

Parameters
c:IUsernamePassword or IUsernameHashedPassword provider.Credentials.
Returns
bytesA string which identifies an user.
Raises
UnauthorizedLoginWhen the credentials check fails.
credentialInterfaces =
from twisted.cred.checkers.ICredentialsChecker

A list of sub-interfaces of ICredentials which specifies which I may check.

dirdbm: DirDBM =

An authentication database.