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1 /* cryptmodule.c - by Steve Majewski
2 */
4 #include "Python.h"
6 #include <sys/types.h>
8 #ifdef __VMS
9 #include <openssl/des.h>
10 #endif
12 /* Module crypt */
15 static PyObject *crypt_crypt(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
17 char *word, *salt;
18 #ifndef __VMS
19 extern char * crypt(const char *, const char *);
20 #endif
22 if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "ss:crypt", &word, &salt)) {
23 return NULL;
25 /* On some platforms (AtheOS) crypt returns NULL for an invalid
26 salt. Return None in that case. XXX Maybe raise an exception? */
27 return Py_BuildValue("s", crypt(word, salt));
31 PyDoc_STRVAR(crypt_crypt__doc__,
32 "crypt(word, salt) -> string\n\
33 word will usually be a user's password. salt is a 2-character string\n\
34 which will be used to select one of 4096 variations of DES. The characters\n\
35 in salt must be either \".\", \"/\", or an alphanumeric character. Returns\n\
36 the hashed password as a string, which will be composed of characters from\n\
37 the same alphabet as the salt.");
40 static PyMethodDef crypt_methods[] = {
41 {"crypt", crypt_crypt, METH_VARARGS, crypt_crypt__doc__},
42 {NULL, NULL} /* sentinel */
45 PyMODINIT_FUNC
46 initcrypt(void)
48 Py_InitModule("crypt", crypt_methods);