Security Configuration: Further Development

This document describes how further features could be added to the security configuration.

Author: Michal Svec <msvec@suse.cz>

Contents:

• Adding a New Dialog Element
• Adding a New Encryption Cipher
• Adding a New Security Level
• Adding a New Widget Type

Adding a New Dialog Element

Security.ycp:

• update map Settings
• update map Locations
• implement custom parts in functions Read and Write if required

levels.ycp:

• update default values in all security levels in map Levels

widgets.ycp:

• add a widget definition to map WIDGETS

dialogs.ycp:

• place widget into the correct dialog (function settings2widget)
• get a dialog result value (function widget2settings)

helps.ycp:

• add a help text to the correct dialog to map HELPS

Update testsuite:

• testsuite/*.ycp
• make check

Adding a New Encryption Cipher

Security.ycp:

• add (pam) idetifier to list Ciphers
• add cipher maximum password length to list PasswordMaxLengths

widgets.ycp:

• update list of ciphers in map WIDGETS["PASSWORD_ENCRYPTION", "Options"]

helps.ycp:

• update help text in map HELPS["password"], parts 4/8 and 5/8

Adding a New Security Level

levels.ycp:

• add a level identifier to map LevelsNames
• add default values of all variables for the new level to map Levels

Adding a New Widget Type

routines.ycp:

• add new widget creation to function settings2widget
• if required, add return type conversion to function widget2settings