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pop3d::udb(n)               Tcl POP3 Server Package              pop3d::udb(n)



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NAME

       pop3d::udb - Simple user database for pop3d


SYNOPSIS

       package require Tcl  8.2

       package require pop3d::udb  ?1.0.1?

       ::pop3d::udb::new ?dbName?

       dbName option ?arg arg ...?

       dbName destroy

       dbName add user pwd storage

       dbName remove user

       dbName rename user newName

       dbName lookup user

       dbName exists user

       dbName who

       dbName save ?file?

       dbName read file

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DESCRIPTION

       The package pop3d::udb provides simple in memory databases which can be
       used in conjunction with the pop3 server core provided by  the  package
       pop3d. The databases will use the names of users as keys and associates
       passwords and storage references with them.

       Objects created by this package can be directly used in the authentica-
       tion  callback  of pop3 servers following the same interface as servers
       created by the package pop3d.


       ::pop3d::udb::new ?dbName?
              This command creates a new database object  with  an  associated
              global Tcl command whose name is dbName.

       The  command  dbName  may  be  used to invoke various operations on the
       database.  It has the following general form:

       dbName option ?arg arg ...?
              Option and the args determine the exact behavior of the command.


       The following commands are possible for database objects:

       dbName destroy
              Destroys the database object.

       dbName add user pwd storage
              Add  a  new user or changes the data of an existing user. Stores
              password and storage reference for the given user.

       dbName remove user
              Removes the specified user from the database.

       dbName rename user newName
              Changes the name of the specified user to newName.

       dbName lookup user
              Searches the database for the specified user and returns a  two-
              element list containing the associated password and storage ref-
              erence, in this order. Throws an error if the user could not  be
              found.  This  is the interface as expected by the authentication
              callback of package pop3d.

       dbName exists user
              Returns true if the specified user is  known  to  the  database,
              else false.

       dbName who
              Returns a list of users known to the database.

       dbName save ?file?
              Saves  the  contents of the database into the given file. If the
              file is not specified the system will use the path last used  in
              a  call  to  dbName  read. The generated file can be read by the
              read method.

       dbName read file
              Reads the specified file and adds the contained user definitions
              to  the database. As the file is actually source'd a safe inter-
              preter is employed to safeguard  against  malicious  code.  This
              interpreter  knows  the  add  command for adding users and their
              associated data to this database.  This  command  has  the  same
              argument  signature  as  the method add. The path of the file is
              remembered internally so that it can be used in the next call of
              dbName save without an argument.



BUGS, IDEAS, FEEDBACK

       This  document,  and the package it describes, will undoubtedly contain
       bugs and other problems.  Please report such in the category  pop3d  of
       the          Tcllib         SF         Trackers         [http://source-
       forge.net/tracker/?group_id=12883].  Please also report any  ideas  for
       enhancements you may have for either package and/or documentation.


KEYWORDS

       internet, network, pop3, protocol


CATEGORY

       Networking


COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2002 Andreas Kupries <andreas_kupries@users.sourceforge.net>




pop3d                                1.0.1                       pop3d::udb(n)

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