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bareos.util.password.Password

class bareos.util.password.Password(password=None)

Bases: object

Handle Bareos passwords.

Instead of working with plain text passwords, Bareos often uses the MD5 hash of the password.

This class make a password available in both forms.

Parameters:

password (str, optional) – Password as plain text.

Methods

md5	Get password as MD5 hash.
plaintext	Get password as plain text.
set_md5	Set the MD5 form of the password.
set_plaintext	Set new password.

md5()

Get password as MD5 hash.

Returns:

Password as MD5 hash.

Return type:

bytes

plaintext()

Get password as plain text.

Returns:

Password as plain text.

Return type:

str

set_md5(password)

Set the MD5 form of the password.

If the password is initialized by this method, it is only available as MD5 hash, not as plain text password.

Parameters:

password (bytes) – Password as MD5 hash.

set_plaintext(password)

Set new password.

Parameters:

password (str) – Password as plain text.