Debian Utils¶

Useful debian commands for other blueprints to use.

add_apt_key(url)¶

add_apt_ppa(name, accept=True, src=False)¶

add_apt_repository(repository, accept=True, src=False)¶

add_fstab(filesystem=None, mount_point=None, type='auto', options='rw', dump='0', pazz='0')¶

Add mount point configuration to /etc/fstab. If mount point already mounted on different file system then unmount.

Parameters:

filesystem (str) – The partition or storage device to be mounted mount_point (str) – The mount point where <filesystem> is mounted to type (str) – The file system type (Default: auto) options (str) – Mount options of the filesystem (Default: rw) dump (str) – Used by the dump utility to decide when to make a backup, 0|1 (Default: 0) pazz (str) – Used by fsck to decide which order filesystems are to be checked (Default: 0)

add_rc_service(name, priorities='defaults')¶

apt_get(command, *options)¶

chgrp(location, group, recursive=False)¶

chmod(location, mode=None, owner=None, group=None, recursive=False)¶

chown(location, owner, group=None, recursive=False)¶

chpasswd(name, password, encrypted_passwd=False)¶

command_exists(*command)¶

cp(source, destination, force=True, mode=None, owner=None, group=None)¶

debconf_communicate(command, package)¶

debconf_set_selections(*selections)¶

dpkg_query(package)¶

get_group(name)¶

get_mount(mount_point)¶

Resolve a mount point to mounted file system. If not mounted, return None.

Parameters:	mount_point (str) – Name of mount point to reslve
Return str:	Mounted file system

get_user(name)¶

groupadd(name, gid=None, gid_min=None, gid_max=None, system=False)¶

groupmod(name, gid)¶

hostname()¶

is_mounted(mount_point)¶

Check if mount point is mounted.

Parameters:	mount_point – Name of mount point
Return bool:

kill(sig, process, use_pkill=False)¶

lbs_codename()¶

lbs_release()¶

ln(source, destination, symbolic=True, force=True, mode=None, owner=None, group=None)¶

locale_gen(locale, utf8=True)¶

mkdir(location, recursive=True, mode=None, owner=None, group=None)¶

mktemp(directory=False, mode=None)¶

mount(mount_point, owner=None, group=None, **fstab)¶

Mount and optionally add configuration to fstab.

Parameters:	mount_point (str) – Name of mount point owner (str) – Name of mount point owner group (str) – Name of mount point group fstab (dict) – Optional kwargs passed to add_fstab()

mv(source, destination, force=True)¶

nproc()¶

Get the number of CPU cores.

page_size()¶

Get PAGE_SIZE

phys_pages()¶

Get _PHYS_PAGES

pwd()¶

remove_rc_service(name)¶

rm(location, recursive=False, force=True)¶

service(name, action, check_status=True)¶

service_task(name, action, check_status=False)¶

set_timezone(timezone)¶

Set OS timezone

Parameters:	timezone – Europe/Stockholm

sighup¶

Send SIGHUP signal to process

Parameters:	process – PID of process

temporary_dir(*args, **kwds)¶

total_memory()¶

Get total memory in bytes

unmount(mount_point)¶

Unmount mount point.

Parameters:	mount_point (str) – Name of mount point to unmount

update_rc(basename, priorities, force=False)¶

useradd(name, home=None, create_home=False, shell=None, uid=None, uid_min=None, uid_max=None, user_group=False, gid=None, groups=None, system=False, password=None)¶

Create a new user or update default new user information

Parameters:

name – The username home – Home directory of the new account. Will not create dir. (Optional) create_home – Create the user’s home directory (Default: False) shell – Login shell of the new account (Optional) user_group – Create a group with the same name as the user (Default: False) uid – User ID of the new account (Optional) uid_min – Min value for automatic user/group ID selection (Optional) uid_max – Max value for automatic user/group ID selection (Optional) gid – Name or ID of the primary group of the new account (Optional) groups – List of supplementary groups of the new account (Optional) system – Create a system account (Optional) password – Encrypted password of the new account (Optional)

usermod(user, password=None, home=None, uid=None, gid=None, groups=None, shell=None)¶