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+# Unix SMB/CIFS implementation.
+# 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/>.
+#
+
+"""Tests for the _glue Python bindings."""
+
+from samba import _glue
+from samba import param
+import samba.tests
+
+
+class GlueTests(samba.tests.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(GlueTests, self).setUp()
+
+    def test_generate_random_str(self):
+        string = _glue.generate_random_str(10)
+        self.assertEqual(type(string), str)
+        self.assertEqual(len(string), 10)
+
+    def test_generate_random_password(self):
+        password = _glue.generate_random_password(5, 10)
+        self.assertEqual(type(password), str)
+        self.assertTrue(5 <= len(password) <= 10)
+
+    def test_unix2nttime(self):
+        self.assertEqual(_glue.unix2nttime(1), 116444736010000000)
+
+    def test_nttime2unix(self):
+        self.assertEqual(_glue.nttime2unix(116444736010000000), 1)
+
+    def test_nttime2string(self):
+        string = _glue.nttime2string(116444736010000000)
+        self.assertEqual(type(string), str)
+        self.assertIn('1970', string)
+
+    def test_debug_level(self):
+        prev_level = _glue.get_debug_level()
+        try:
+            self.assertIsNone(_glue.set_debug_level(0))
+            self.assertEqual(_glue.get_debug_level(), 0)
+            self.assertIsNone(_glue.set_debug_level(5))
+            self.assertEqual(_glue.get_debug_level(), 5)
+        finally:
+            _glue.set_debug_level(prev_level)
+
+    def test_interface_ips(self):
+        lp = param.LoadParm()
+        ips = _glue.interface_ips(lp)
+        self.assertEqual(type(ips), list)
+
+    def test_strcasecmp(self):
+        self.assertEqual(_glue.strcasecmp_m('aA', 'Aa'), 0)
+        self.assertNotEqual(_glue.strcasecmp_m('ab', 'Aa'), 0)
+
+    def test_strstr_m(self):
+        string = 'testing_string_num__one'
+        self.assertEqual(_glue.strstr_m(string, '_'), '_string_num__one')
+        self.assertEqual(_glue.strstr_m(string, '__'), '__one')
+        self.assertEqual(_glue.strstr_m(string, 'ring'), 'ring_num__one')