1 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/source4/param/param.i b/source4/param/param.i
index 353fa3ced6..eeecb0e5b9 100644
--- a/source4/param/param.i
+++ b/source4/param/param.i
@@ -290,3 +290,24 @@ typedef struct param_section {
 
 %rename(default_config) global_loadparm;
 struct loadparm_context *global_loadparm;
+
+%{
+
+struct loadparm_context *lp_from_py_object(PyObject *py_obj)
+{
+    struct loadparm_context *lp_ctx;
+    if (PyString_Check(py_obj)) {
+        lp_ctx = loadparm_init(NULL);
+        if (!lp_load(lp_ctx, PyString_AsString(py_obj))) {
+            talloc_free(lp_ctx);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        return lp_ctx;
+    }
+
+    if (SWIG_ConvertPtr(py_obj, (void *)&lp_ctx, SWIGTYPE_p_loadparm_context, 0 |  0 ) < 0)
+        return NULL;
+    return lp_ctx;
+}
+
+%}