Freeside:4:Documentation:Developer/FS/UID

NAME

FS::UID - Subroutines for database login and assorted other stuff

SYNOPSIS

 use FS::UID qw(adminsuidsetup dbh datasrc checkeuid checkruid);

 $dbh = adminsuidsetup $user;

 $dbh = dbh;

 $datasrc = datasrc;

 $driver_name = driver_name;

DESCRIPTION

Provides a hodgepodge of subroutines.

SUBROUTINES

adminsuidsetup USER

Sets the user to USER (see config.html from the base documentation). Cleans the environment. Make sure the script is running as freeside, or setuid freeside. Opens a connection to the database. Runs any defined callbacks (see below). Returns the DBI database handle (usually you don't need this).

install_callback

A package can install a callback to be run in adminsuidsetup by passing a coderef to the FS::UID->install_callback class method. If adminsuidsetup has run already, the callback will also be run immediately.

   $coderef = sub { warn "Hi, I'm returning your call!" };
   FS::UID->install_callback($coderef);

   install_callback FS::UID sub { 
     warn "Hi, I'm returning your call!"
   };

cgi

Returns the CGI (see CGI) object.

cgi CGI_OBJECT

Sets the CGI (see CGI) object.

dbh

Returns the DBI database handle.

datasrc

Returns the DBI data source.

driver_name

Returns just the driver name portion of the DBI data source.

getotaker

(Deprecated) Returns the current Freeside user's username.

checkeuid

Returns true if effective UID is that of the freeside user.

checkruid

Returns true if the real UID is that of the freeside user.

getsecrets

Sets and returns the DBI datasource, username and password from the `/usr/local/etc/freeside/secrets' file.

CALLBACKS

Warning: this interface is (still) likely to change in future releases.

New (experimental) callback interface:

A package can install a callback to be run in adminsuidsetup by passing a coderef to the FS::UID->install_callback class method. If adminsuidsetup has run already, the callback will also be run immediately.

   $coderef = sub { warn "Hi, I'm returning your call!" };
   FS::UID->install_callback($coderef);

   install_callback FS::UID sub { 
     warn "Hi, I'm returning your call!"
   };

Old (deprecated) callback interface:

A package can install a callback to be run in adminsuidsetup by putting a coderef into the hash %FS::UID::callback :

   $coderef = sub { warn "Hi, I'm returning your call!" };
   $FS::UID::callback{'Package::Name'} = $coderef;

BUGS

Too many package-global variables.

Not OO.

No capabilities yet. (What does this mean again?)

Goes through contortions to support non-OO syntax with multiple datasrc's.

Callbacks are (still) inelegant.

SEE ALSO

FS::Record, CGI, DBI, config.html from the base documentation.