This class will normally only be used by Mascot Security Administration applications. More...

#include <ms_security_user.hpp>

Public Types
enum	systemids { USERID_SECURITY_DISABLED = 0x0000, USERID_GUEST = 0x0001, USERID_ADMINISTRATOR = 0x0002, USERID_CMDLINE = 0x0003, USERID_DAEMON = 0x0004, USERID_PUBLIC_SEARCHES = 0x0005, USERID_INTEGRA_SYSTEM = 0x0006, USERID_LAST = 0x0007 }
	Definitions for predefined users. More...
enum	usertype { USER_SECURITY_DISABLED = 0x0000, USER_NORMAL = 0x0001, USER_INTEGRA = 0x0002, USER_COMPUTER_NAME = 0x0003, USER_IP_ADDRESS = 0x0004, USER_AGENT_STRING = 0x0005, USER_WEBAUTH = 0x0006 }
	Definitions for types of user. More...
Public Member Functions
	ms_user (const int userID, const std::string userName, const std::string password, const long passwordExpiry, const std::string fullName, const std::string emailAddress, const usertype userType, const bool enabled)
	Create a new user.
	ms_user ()
	Create a new 'empty' user with no name, password, ID.
bool	clearParam (const std::string name)
	Remove an additional user parameter associated with the user.
std::string	getEmailAddress () const
	Returns the email address of the user.
std::string	getEncryptedPassword () const
	Returns the encrypted password.
std::string	getFullName () const
	Return the full user name.
int	getID () const
	Return the unique user ID.
std::string	getName () const
	Return the user login name.
time_t	getPasswordExpiry () const
	Returns the time that the password will expire.
bool	getStringParam (const std::string name, std::string &param) const
	Return a custom parameter for the user.
std::string	getStringParam (const std::string name) const
	Return a custom parameter for the user.
usertype	getUserType () const
	Return the 'type' of user.
bool	hasPasswordExpired () const
	Returns true if the password has expired.
bool	isAccountEnabled () const
	Return true if the account is enabled.
bool	saveStringParam (const std::string name, const std::string param)
	Save an additional 'string' parameter for the user.
void	setAccountEnabled (bool newVal)
	Pass true to enable the account.
void	setEmailAddress (std::string newVal)
	Sets the email address of the user.
void	setEncryptedPassword (std::string newVal)
	Update the encrypted password - details are saved immediately.
void	setFullName (std::string newVal)
	Update the full user name -- details are saved immediately.
void	setID (int newVal)
	Set the unique user ID.
void	setName (std::string newVal)
	Set the user login name.
void	setPassword (std::string barePassword)
	Encrypt and save the passed password.
void	setPasswordExpiry (time_t newVal)
	Set the password expiry time.
void	setUserType (usertype newVal)
	Update the user type -- details are saved immediately.
bool	validatePassword (const std::string pwd, int &errorFlag) const
	Checks to see if the password is correct for the user.

Detailed Description

This class will normally only be used by Mascot Security Administration applications.

Call ms_security::addNewUser() to create a new user or ms_security::getUser() or ms_security::getUserFromID() to get an existing user, and then use the ms_user member functions to query or modify the ms_user object.

To make the changes permanent, use ms_security::updateUser().

Member Enumeration Documentation

enum systemids

Definitions for predefined users.

See Using enumerated values and static const ints in Perl, Java, Python and C#.

Enumerator:

USERID_SECURITY_DISABLED	Only valid if security is disabled.
USERID_GUEST	The built in guest user. Note that this accound is disabled by default.
USERID_ADMINISTRATOR	The built in administrator account. Cannot be deleted or disabled.
USERID_CMDLINE	Applications run from the command line rather than as a cgi application use this by default.
USERID_DAEMON	Mascot Daemon will use this user to run searches.
USERID_PUBLIC_SEARCHES	Example files use this user id. matrix_science::ms_session::canResultsFileBeViewed always returns true for this ID.
USERID_INTEGRA_SYSTEM	Deprecated: Mascot Integra is not supported in Mascot Parser 2.5 and later.
USERID_LAST	Placeholder.

enum usertype

Definitions for types of user.

See Using enumerated values and static const ints in Perl, Java, Python and C#.

Enumerator:

USER_SECURITY_DISABLED	Not a real user, but the USERID if security is disabled.
USER_NORMAL	A 'normal' Mascot user, that doesn't fit into any of the other categories below.
USER_INTEGRA	Deprecated: Mascot Integra is not supported in Mascot Parser 2.5 and later. Login etc. is done through Mascot Insight.
USER_COMPUTER_NAME	This type of user is defined by a computer name. Should only be used for 3rd party applications.
USER_IP_ADDRESS	This type of user is defined by an IP address. Should only be used for 3rd party applications.
USER_AGENT_STRING	This type of user is defined by a client agent string. Should only be used for 3rd party applications as a last resort.
USER_WEBAUTH	The configuration is to use web server authentication, so this user has no password.

Member Function Documentation

bool clearParam ( const std::string name )

Remove an additional user parameter associated with the user.

Additional custom data for a user are saved in a <mss:custom_parameters> section in the user.xml file.

Use this function when you no longer want a value associated with a key name for a user.

To make the changes permanent, use ms_security::updateUser().

See also Using custom parameters

Parameters:

name	Name of the key value. Do not use an name with a leading underscore as these are reserved for system values.

Returns:: boolean value to indicate if the value was successfully removed.

std::string getEmailAddress ( ) const

Returns the email address of the user.

This is not a required field, which means the return value may be the empty string.

Returns:: email address

std::string getEncryptedPassword ( ) const

Returns the encrypted password.

Unlikely to be useful for most applications. It is not possible to retrieve the unencrypted password from the system, and the value returned from this function will not be the same as the value passed to ms_user::setPassword().

Returns:: The encrypted password.

std::string getFullName ( ) const

Return the full user name.

Useful for displaying the full name in reports etc.

Returns:: The current full (long) user name.

int getID ( ) const

Return the unique user ID.

The unique user ID for the user. This should never be changed, since all searches are saved with the USERID equal to this value. Special user IDs are the same as the values in ms_user::systemids.

Returns:: The current user ID.

time_t getPasswordExpiry ( ) const

Returns the time that the password will expire.

The time in seconds since January 1st 1970. A value of '0'is used to indicate that the password should never expire.

Returns:: The current password expiry date.

bool getStringParam	(	const std::string	name,
		std::string &	param
	)		const

Return a custom parameter for the user.

Additional custom data for a user are saved in a <mss:custom_parameters> section in the user.xml file.

Note:: This function should not be used from programming languages other than C++. Use getStringParam(const std::string) const instead.

See also:: saveStringParam()

See also Using custom parameters

Parameters:

name	Name of the key value. Do not use an name with a leading underscore as these are reserved for system values.
param	Is the value of the parameter associated with the key name.

Returns:: boolean value to indicate if the value was successfully retrieved.

std::string getStringParam ( const std::string name ) const

Return a custom parameter for the user.

Additional custom data for a user are saved in a <mss:custom_parameters> section in the user.xml file.

If an empty string is returned, it is not possible to determine if this is because there is no key value or if an empty string was set for the key.

See also:: saveStringParam()

See also Using custom parameters

Parameters:

name	Name of the key value. Do not use an name with a leading underscore as these are reserved for system values.

Returns:: Is the value of the parameter associated with the key name or an empty string if there is no key.

ms_user::usertype getUserType ( ) const

Return the 'type' of user.

See also:: ms_user::setUserType().

Returns:: user type

bool hasPasswordExpired ( ) const

Returns true if the password has expired.

If the password expiry value is zero, the password will never expire. An expiry value of 1 may be used to indicate that the user should change their password when they first log in.

Returns:: True if the password has expired.

bool saveStringParam	(	const std::string	name,
		const std::string	param
	)

Save an additional 'string' parameter for the user.

Additional custom data for a user are saved in a <mss:custom_parameters> section in the user.xml file.

The value can be retrieved using getStringParam().

To make the changes permanent, use ms_security::updateUser().

See also Using custom parameters

Parameters:

name	Name of the key value. Do not use an name with a leading underscore as these are reserved for system values.
param	The value to be assigned to the key.

Returns:: true if the value is successfully saved.

void setAccountEnabled ( bool newVal )

Pass true to enable the account.

To make the changes permanent, use ms_security::updateUser().

Parameters:

newVal Set to true to enable the account, and false to disable the account.

void setEmailAddress ( std::string newVal )

Sets the email address of the user.

To make the changes permanent, use ms_security::updateUser().

Parameters:

newVal is the new email address of the user.

void setFullName ( std::string newVal )

Update the full user name -- details are saved immediately.

Useful for displaying the full name in reports etc.

To make the changes permanent, use ms_security::updateUser().

Parameters:

newVal is the new full (long) name for the user.

void setID ( int newVal )

Set the unique user ID.

The unique user ID for the user. This should never be changed, since all searches are saved with the USERID equal to this value. Special user IDs are the same as the values in ms_user::systemids.

To make the changes permanent, use ms_security::updateUser().

Parameters:

newVal is the new user ID.

void setName ( std::string newVal )

Set the user login name.

The login name for a user. It is safe to change this for an existing user (as long as the user ID is not changed).

To make the changes permanent, use ms_security::updateUser().

Parameters:

newVal is the new login name for the user.

void setPasswordExpiry ( time_t newVal )

Set the password expiry time.

The time in seconds since January 1st 1970. A value of '0' is used to indicate that the password should never expire.

To make the changes permanent, use ms_security::updateUser().

Parameters:

newVal Is the new date for the password expiry.

void setUserType ( ms_user::usertype newVal )

Update the user type -- details are saved immediately.

See ms_user::ms_user for restrictions on setting the user type. To make the changes permanent, use ms_security::updateUser().

See also:: ms_user::setUserType()

Parameters:

newVal is the new user type.

bool validatePassword	(	const std::string	pwd,
		int &	errorFlag
	)		const

Checks to see if the password is correct for the user.

Parameters:

pwd	is the the unencrypted password to be checked against the encrypted password saved in the user's file.
errorFlag	will contain 0 if the function returns true. If the function returns false, then a value of 1 indicates an incorrect password and a value of 2 indicates an internal problem with the seed value.

Returns:: Will return true if the password is correct, or if there is no saved password.

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

ms_security_user.hpp
ms_security_user.cpp

ms_user Class Reference [Mascot security and authentication module]

Public Types

Public Member Functions

Detailed Description

Member Enumeration Documentation

Member Function Documentation

ms_user Class Reference
[Mascot security and authentication module]