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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+# Unix SMB/CIFS implementation.
+# Copyright (C) Andrew Tridgell <tridge@samba.org> 2005
+# Copyright (C) Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org> 2007
+#   
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#   
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#   
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+#
+
+import os
+from misc import ldb_set_credentials
+
+def Ldb(url, session_info=None, credentials=None, modules_dir=None):
+    """Open a Samba Ldb file. 
+
+    This is different from a regular Ldb file in that the Samba-specific
+    modules-dir is used by default and that credentials and session_info 
+    can be passed through (required by some modules).
+    """
+    import ldb
+    ret = ldb.Ldb()
+    if modules_dir is None:
+        modules_dir = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "bin", "modules", "ldb")
+    ret.set_modules_dir(modules_dir)
+    def samba_debug(level,text):
+        print "%d %s" % (level, text)
+    ldb_set_opaque("credentials", credentials)
+    ret.set_opaque("sessionInfo", session_info)
+    #ret.set_debug(samba_debug)
+    ret.connect(url)
+    return ret
+
+
+def substitute_var(text, values):
+    """substitute strings of the form ${NAME} in str, replacing
+    with substitutions from subobj.
+    
+    :param text: Text in which to subsitute.
+    :param values: Dictionary with keys and values.
+    """
+
+    for (name, value) in values.items():
+        text = text.replace("${%s}" % name, value)
+
+    return text
+