[Zope] Python Question

[Chris Withers]

Laura McCord wrote:

> I want to modify my python code to append new required users to my
> .htaccess file

Why? USe Zope's security model, not Apache's. Zope' is much more flexible...

> So my logic is:
> 
> if the file already exists:
>      append the new user to the file 
>      and add a password for the user
>  else:
>   open a new file 
>   write the contents of the .htaccess file
>   close file
> return user
> 
> -- This is what my code looks like --
> def createUser(username, basedir):
>  import os
>  dirpath = "/var/www/html/da/" + basedir + "/.htaccess"
>  dirpwd  = "/var/www/html/da/" + basedir + "/.htpasswd"
>  if os.path.isfile("dirpath"):

you should be using os.path.exists here.

>    dirpath.append('Require user ' + username + '\n')

huh? um, do you mean:

f = open(dirpath,'a')
f.write('Require user ' + username + '\n')
f.close()

?

>    createpwd(username, basedir)
>  else:
>   filename=open(dirpath, 'w')
>   filename.write('AuthType Basic\n')
>   filename.write('AuthName "Password Required"\n')
>   filename.write('AuthUserFile ' + dirpwd + '\n')
>   filename.write('Require user ' + username + '\n')
>   filename.close()
>  return username
> 
> def createpwd(username,basedir):
>  import os
>  import string
>  length = 8
>  pathname = "/var/www/html/da/" + basedir + "/.htpasswd"
>  ## passwdgen calls a password generator
>  pwdName= passwdgen(length) 
> 
>  if os.path.isfile(pathname):
>   os.system("usr/bin/htpasswd -b " + pathname + " %s %s" %(username,
> pwdName))
>  else:
>   os.system("/usr/bin/htpasswd -bc " + pathname + " %s %s" %(username,
> pwdName))
>  return pwdName

I dunno how /usr/bin/htpasswd works, but an os. call like that may want to be 
wrapped in a lock unless it's re-entrant...

Chris

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