Changeset 1960

Timestamp:

11/27/04 23:52:07 (19 years ago)

Author:

jalet

Message:

Now PyKota searches its configuration files first in system user pykota's
home directory

Location:

pykota/trunk

Files:

• pykota/tool.py (modified) (4 diffs)
• README (modified) (1 diff)

pykota/trunk/pykota/tool.py

@@ -22 +22 @@
 #
 # $Log$
+# Revision 1.145  2004/11/27 22:52:07  jalet
+# Now PyKota searches its configuration files first in system user pykota's
+# home directory
+#
 # Revision 1.144  2004/11/18 06:01:53  jalet
 # Fix for the fix
@@ -522 +526 @@
 import sys
 import os
+import pwd
 import fnmatch
 import getopt
@@ -600 +605 @@
         # pykota specific stuff
         self.documentation = doc
+        
+        # try to find the configuration files in user's 'pykota' home directory.
         try :
-            self.config = config.PyKotaConfig("/etc/pykota")
+            pykotauser = pwd.getpwnam("pykota")
+        except KeyError :    
+            confdir = "/etc/pykota"
+            missingUser = 1
+        else :    
+            confdir = pykotauser[5]
+            missingUser = 0
+            
+        try :
+            self.config = config.PyKotaConfig(confdir)
         except ConfigParser.ParsingError, msg :    
             sys.stderr.write("ERROR: Problem encountered while parsing configuration file : %s\n" % msg)
@@ -615 +631 @@
             self.crashed(msg)
             raise
+            
+        # We NEED this here, even when not in an accounting filter/backend    
         self.softwareJobSize = 0
         self.softwareJobPrice = 0.0
+        
         if defaultToCLocale :
             self.printInfo("Incorrect locale settings. PyKota falls back to the 'C' locale.", "warn")
+        if missingUser :     
+            self.printInfo("The 'pykota' system account is missing. Configuration files were searched in /etc/pykota instead.", "warn")
+        
         self.logdebug("Charset in use : %s" % self.charset)
         arguments = " ".join(['"%s"' % arg for arg in sys.argv])

pykota/trunk/README

@@ -341 +341 @@
 You may need to be logged in with sufficient privileges (e.g. root)
 
+Create a system user for PyKota :
+
+    adduser --system --group --gecos PyKota pykota
+    
+Put the user your printing system is run as in the pykota system group :
+
+    adduser lp pykota
+    
+    NB : on our system, the CUPS printing system runs as system user 'lp'.
+    Please adapt this to your own system.
+
 Go to the initscripts subdirectory of PyKota's sources, and choose
 the appropriate storage backend for your configuration. Read carefully