Add helper object Hostconfig to make it easier to get to e.g. the

SAM database.
(This used to be commit be75b2a36e)

source4/scripting/python/samba/hostconfig.py

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+#!/usr/bin/python
+
+# Unix SMB/CIFS implementation.
+# Copyright (C) Jelmer Vernooij <jelmer@samba.org> 2008
+#   
+# 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/>.
+#
+
+from samdb import SamDB
+
+class Hostconfig(object):
+    """Aggregate object that contains all information about the configuration 
+    of a Samba host."""
+
+    def __init__(self, lp):       
+        self.lp = lp
+
+    def get_samdb(self, session_info, credentials):
+        return SamDB(url=self.lp.get("sam database"), 
+                     session_info=session_info, credentials=credentials, 
+                     lp=self.lp)
+