TDEsuClient Class Reference

#include <client.h>

Public Member Functions
int	exec (const TQCString &command, const TQCString &user, const TQCString &options=0, const QCStringList &env=QCStringList())
int	exitCode ()
int	setPass (const char *pass, int timeout)
int	setHost (const TQCString &host)
int	setPriority (int priority)
int	setScheduler (int scheduler)
int	delCommand (const TQCString &command, const TQCString &user)
int	setVar (const TQCString &key, const TQCString &value, int timeout=0, const TQCString &group=0)
TQCString	getVar (const TQCString &key)
TQValueList< TQCString >	getKeys (const TQCString &group)
bool	findGroup (const TQCString &group)
int	delVar (const TQCString &key)
int	delVars (const TQCString &special_key)
int	delGroup (const TQCString &group)
int	ping ()
int	stopServer ()
int	startServer ()
bool	isServerSGID ()

Detailed Description

A client class to access tdesud, the KDE su daemon.

Kdesud can assist in password caching in two ways:

• For high security passwords, like for su and ssh, it executes the password requesting command for you. It feeds the password to the command, without ever returning it to you, the user. The daemon should be installed setgid nogroup, in order to be able to act as an inaccessible, trusted 3rd party. See exec, setPass, delCommand.

• For lower security passwords, like web and ftp passwords, it can act as a persistent storage for string variables. These variables are returned to the user, and the daemon doesn't need to be setgid nogroup for this. See setVar, delVar, delGroup.

Definition at line 50 of file client.h.

Member Function Documentation

delCommand()

int TDEsuClient::delCommand	(	const TQCString &	command,
		const TQCString &	user
	)

Remove a password for a user/command.

Parameters

command	The command.
user	The user.

Returns

zero on success, -1 on an error

Definition at line 286 of file client.cpp.

delGroup()

int TDEsuClient::delGroup

(

const TQCString &

group

)

Delete all persistent variables in a group.

Parameters

group

the group name. See setVar.

Returns

Definition at line 371 of file client.cpp.

delVar()

int TDEsuClient::delVar

(

const TQCString &

key

)

Delete a persistent variable.

Parameters

key	The name of the variable.

Returns

zero on success, -1 on failure.

Definition at line 363 of file client.cpp.

delVars()

int TDEsuClient::delVars

(

const TQCString &

special_key

)

Delete all persistent variables with the given key.

A specicalized variant of delVar(TQCString) that removes all subsets of the cached varaibles given by key. In order for all cached variables related to this key to be deleted properly, the value given to the group argument when the setVar function was called, must be a subset of the argument given here and the key

Note

Simply supplying the group key here WILL not necessarily work. If you only have a group key, then use delGroup instead.

Parameters

special_key

the name of the variable.

Returns

zero on success, -1 on failure.

Definition at line 379 of file client.cpp.

exec()

int TDEsuClient::exec	(	const TQCString &	command,
		const TQCString &	user,
		const TQCString &	options = 0,
		const QCStringList &	env = QCStringList()
	)

Lets tdesud execute a command.

If the daemon does not have a password for this command, this will fail and you need to call setPass().

Parameters

command	The command to execute.
user	The user to run the command as.
options	Extra options.
env	Extra environment variables.

Returns

Zero on success, -1 on failure.

Definition at line 242 of file client.cpp.

exitCode()

int TDEsuClient::exitCode

(

)

Wait for the last command to exit and return the exit code.

Returns

Exit code of last command, -1 on failure.

Definition at line 392 of file client.cpp.

findGroup()

bool TDEsuClient::findGroup

(

const TQCString &

group

)

Returns true if the specified group exists is cached.

Parameters

group

the group key

Returns

true if the group is found

Definition at line 353 of file client.cpp.

getKeys()

TQValueList< TQCString > TDEsuClient::getKeys

(

const TQCString &

group

)

Gets all the keys that are membes of the given group.

Parameters

group

the group name of the variables.

Returns

a list of the keys in the group.

Definition at line 320 of file client.cpp.

getVar()

TQCString TDEsuClient::getVar

(

const TQCString &

key

)

Get a persistent variable.

Parameters

key	The name of the variable.

Returns

Its value.

Definition at line 310 of file client.cpp.

isServerSGID()

bool TDEsuClient::isServerSGID

(

)

Returns true if the server is safe (installed setgid), false otherwise.

Definition at line 419 of file client.cpp.

ping()

int TDEsuClient::ping

(

)

Ping tdesud.

This can be used for diagnostics.

Returns

Zero on success, -1 on failure

Definition at line 387 of file client.cpp.

setHost()

int TDEsuClient::setHost

(

const TQCString &

host

)

Set the target host (optional).

Definition at line 264 of file client.cpp.

setPass()

int TDEsuClient::setPass	(	const char *	pass,
		int	timeout
	)

Set root's password, lasts one session.

Parameters

pass	Root's password.
timeout	The time that a password will live.

Returns

Zero on success, -1 on failure.

Definition at line 232 of file client.cpp.

setPriority()

int TDEsuClient::setPriority

(

int

priority

)

Set the desired priority (optional), see StubProcess.

Definition at line 272 of file client.cpp.

setScheduler()

int TDEsuClient::setScheduler

(

int

scheduler

)

Set the desired scheduler (optional), see StubProcess.

Definition at line 279 of file client.cpp.

setVar()

int TDEsuClient::setVar	(	const TQCString &	key,
		const TQCString &	value,
		int	timeout = 0,
		const TQCString &	group = 0
	)

Set a persistent variable.

Parameters

key	The name of the variable.
value	Its value.
timeout	The timeout in seconds for this key. Zero means no timeout.
group	Make the key part of a group. See delGroup.

Returns

zero on success, -1 on failure.

Definition at line 295 of file client.cpp.

startServer()

int TDEsuClient::startServer

(

)

Try to start up tdesud.

Definition at line 435 of file client.cpp.

stopServer()

int TDEsuClient::stopServer

(

)

Stop the daemon.

Definition at line 401 of file client.cpp.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

• client.h
• client.cpp