Added demo_connect.py for working out how to best connect to the https:// interface

remotely.

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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+"""
+work in progress:  demo connection code for Cobbler read-write API 
+uses SSL+XMLRPC (though just XMLRPC will still work)
+adapted from Virt-Factory's old vf_nodecomm source
+XMLRPCSSL portions based on http://linux.duke.edu/~icon/misc/xmlrpcssl.py
+
+Copyright 2007, Red Hat, Inc
+Michael DeHaan <mdehaan@redhat.com>
+Adrian Likins <alikins@redhat.com>
+Scott Seago <sseago@redhat.com>
+
+This software may be freely redistributed under the terms of the GNU
+general public license.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+"""
+
+import sys
+import socket
+
+from M2Crypto import SSL
+from M2Crypto.m2xmlrpclib import SSL_Transport, Server
+from SimpleXMLRPCServer import SimpleXMLRPCServer, SimpleXMLRPCRequestHandler
+
+
+# workaround for bz #237902
+class CobblerTransport(SSL_Transport):
+    def __init__(self, ssl_context=None, use_datetime=0):
+        self._use_datetime = use_datetime
+        SSL_Transport.__init__(self,ssl_context=ssl_context)
+
+def demo_connect(username,password,server):
+    my_ctx = SSL.Context('sslv23')
+    # my_ctx.load_client_ca("foo.pem")
+    # my_ctx.load_cert("bar.pem","baz.pem")
+    my_ctx.set_session_id_ctx("xmlrpcssl")
+    my_ctx.set_allow_unknown_ca(True)
+    my_ctx.set_verify(0,-1) # full anonymous (we hope)
+    my_uri = "https://%s:443/cobbler_api_rw" % server
+    print "connecting to: %s" % my_uri
+    my_rserver = Server(my_uri, CobblerTransport(ssl_context = my_ctx))
+    token = my_rserver.login(username,password)
+    print "got a token: %s" % token
+    rc = my_rserver.test(token)
+    print "got test results: %s" % rc
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    USERNAME = "mdehaan"
+    PASSWORD = "llamas2007"
+    SERVER   = "mdehaan.rdu.redhat.com"
+    demo_connect(USERNAME,PASSWORD,SERVER)
+
+
+
+