"""
Authentication module that denies everything.
Used to disable the WebUI by default.

Copyright 2007-2008, Red Hat, Inc
Michael DeHaan <mdehaan@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 distutils.sysconfig
import sys

plib = distutils.sysconfig.get_python_lib()
mod_path="%s/cobbler" % plib
sys.path.insert(0, mod_path)


def register():
    """
    The mandatory cobbler module registration hook.
    """
    return "authn"

def authenticate(api_handle,username,password):
    """
    Validate a username/password combo, returning True/False

    Thanks to http://trac.edgewall.org/ticket/845 for supplying
    the algorithm info.
    """
  
    # debugging only (not safe to enable)
    # api_handle.logger.debug("backend authenticate (%s,%s)" % (username,password))

    return False