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. More...
void	gvm_disable_password_policy (void)
	Disable all password policy checking. More...

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 405 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 349 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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