XrdAccAuthDB.hh

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#ifndef __ACC_AUTHDB__
#define __ACC_AUTHDB__
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/*                       X r d A c c A u t h D B . h h                        */
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/* (c) 2003 by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford, Jr., University  */
/*                            All Rights Reserved                             */
/*   Produced by Andrew Hanushevsky for Stanford University under contract    */
/*              DE-AC03-76-SFO0515 with the Department of Energy              */
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//         $Id$

#include "XrdSys/XrdSysError.hh"
  
// This class is provided for obtaining capability information from some source.
// Derive a class to provide an actual source for the information. The
// interface is similar to the set/get/endpwent enumeration interface:

// setDBpath() is used to establish the location of the database.

// Open()     establishes the start of the database operation. It also obtains
//            an exclusive mutex to be mt-safe. True is returned upon success.

// getRec()   get the next database record. It returns the record type as well
//            as a pointer to the record name. False is returned at the end
//            of the database.

// getPP()    gets the next path-priv or template name. It returns a pointer
//            to each one. True is returned until end-of-record.

// Close()    terminates database processing and releases the associated lock.
//            It also return FALSE if any errors occured during processing.

// Changed()  Returns 1 id the current authorization file has changed since
//            the last time it was opened.

  
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// The following are the 1-letter id types that we support
//
// g -> unix group name
// h -> host name
// n -> NIS netgroup name
// s -> set name
// t -> template name
// u -> user name

// The syntax for each database record is:

// <RecType> <recname> {<tname>|<path> <priv>} [{<tname|<path> <priv>}] [...]

// Continuation records are signified by an ending backslash (\). Blank records
// and comments (i.e., lines with the first non-blank being a pound sign) are
// allowed. Word separators may be spaces or tabs.

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class XrdAccAuthDB
{
public:

virtual int   Open(XrdSysError &eroute, const char *path=0) = 0;

virtual char  getRec(char **recname) = 0;

virtual int   getPP(char **path, char **priv) = 0;

virtual int   Close() = 0;

virtual int   Changed(const char *path=0) = 0;

              XrdAccAuthDB() {}
virtual      ~XrdAccAuthDB() {}

};

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extern XrdAccAuthDB *XrdAccAuthDBObject(XrdSysError *erp);

#endif