diff -r 000000000000 -r de9c2efb9d02 DebugClients/Python/getpass.py
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+++ b/DebugClients/Python/getpass.py Mon Dec 28 16:03:33 2009 +0000
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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Copyright (c) 2004 - 2009 Detlev Offenbach <detlev@die-offenbachs.de>
+#
+
+"""
+Module implementing utilities to get a password and/or the current user name.
+
+getpass(prompt) - prompt for a password, with echo turned off
+getuser() - get the user name from the environment or password database
+
+This module is a replacement for the one found in the Python distribution. It
+is to provide a debugger compatible variant of the a.m. functions.
+"""
+
+import sys
+
+__all__ = ["getpass","getuser"]
+
+def getuser():
+ """
+ Function to get the username from the environment or password database.
+
+ First try various environment variables, then the password
+ database. This works on Windows as long as USERNAME is set.
+
+ @return username (string)
+ """
+ # this is copied from the oroginal getpass.py
+
+ import os
+
+ for name in ('LOGNAME', 'USER', 'LNAME', 'USERNAME'):
+ user = os.environ.get(name)
+ if user:
+ return user
+
+ # If this fails, the exception will "explain" why
+ import pwd
+ return pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid())[0]
+
+def getpass(prompt='Password: '):
+ """
+ Function to prompt for a password, with echo turned off.
+
+ @param prompt Prompt to be shown to the user (string)
+ @return Password entered by the user (string)
+ """
+ return raw_input(prompt, 0)
+
+unix_getpass = getpass
+win_getpass = getpass
+default_getpass = getpass
