pwpolicy.h File Reference

Protos and data structures for pwpolicy checking. More...

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Functions
char *	gvm_validate_password (const char *, const char *)
	Validate a password against the pattern file.
void	gvm_disable_password_policy (void)
	Disable all password policy checking.

Detailed Description

Protos and data structures for pwpolicy checking.

This file contains the protos for pwpolicy.c

Definition in file pwpolicy.h.

Function Documentation

gvm_disable_password_policy()

void gvm_disable_password_policy

(

void

)

Disable all password policy checking.

Definition at line 406 of file pwpolicy.c.

{
  disable_password_policy = TRUE;
  g_warning ("Password policy checking has been disabled.");
}

References disable_password_policy.

gvm_validate_password()

char * gvm_validate_password	(	const char *	password,
		const char *	username )

Validate a password against the pattern file.

Parameters

[in]	password	The password to check
[in]	username	The user name or NULL. This is used to check the passphrase against the user name.

Returns

NULL on success or a malloced string with an error description.

Definition at line 350 of file pwpolicy.c.

{
  const char *patternfile = PWPOLICY_FILE_NAME;
  char *ret;
  FILE *fp;
  int lineno;
  char line[256];
  char *desc = NULL;
 
  if (disable_password_policy)
    return NULL;
 
  if (!password || !*password)
    return g_strdup ("Empty password");
 
  fp = fopen (patternfile, "r");
  if (!fp)
    {
      g_warning ("error opening '%s': %s", patternfile, g_strerror (errno));
      return policy_checking_failed ();
    }
  lineno = 0;
  ret = NULL;
  while (fgets (line, DIM (line) - 1, fp))
    {
      size_t len;
 
      lineno++;
      len = strlen (line);
      if (!len || line[len - 1] != '\n')
        {
          g_warning ("error reading '%s', line %d: %s", patternfile, lineno,
                     len ? "line too long" : "line without a LF");
          ret = policy_checking_failed ();
          break;
        }
      line[--len] = 0; /* Chop the LF. */
      if (len && line[len - 1] == '\r')
        line[--len] = 0; /* Chop an optional CR. */
      ret = parse_pattern_line (line, patternfile, lineno, &desc, password,
                                username);
      if (ret)
        break;
 
      bzero (line, sizeof (line));
    }
 
  fclose (fp);
  g_free (desc);
  return ret;
}

References DIM, disable_password_policy, parse_pattern_line(), policy_checking_failed(), and PWPOLICY_FILE_NAME.

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