lib/valid.tcl - openbmc/openbmc-test-automation - Gitiles

 #!/usr/bin/wish

 # This file provides many valuable validation procedures such as valid_value, valid_integer, etc.

 my_source [list print.tcl call_stack.tcl]


 proc valid_value { var_name { invalid_values {}} { valid_values {}} } {

   # If the value of the variable named in var_name is not valid, print an error message and exit the program
   # with a non-zero return code.

   # Description of arguments:
   # var_name                        The name of the variable whose value is to be validated.
   # invalid_values                  A list of invalid values.  If the variable value is equal to any value in
   #                                 the invalid_values list, it is deemed to be invalid.  Note that if you
   #                                 specify anything for invalid_values (below), the valid_values list is not
   #                                 even processed.  In other words, specify either invalid_values or
   #                                 valid_values but not both.  If no value is specified for either
   #                                 invalid_values or valid_values, invalid_values will default to a list
   #                                 with one blank entry.  This is useful if you simply want to ensure that
   #                                 your variable is non blank.
   # valid_values                    A list of invalid values.  The variable value must be equal to one of the
   #                                 values in this list to be considered valid.

   # Call get_stack_var_level to relieve the caller of the need for declaring the variable as global.
   set stack_level [get_stack_var_level $var_name]
   # Access the variable value.
   upvar $stack_level $var_name var_value

   set len_invalid_values [llength $invalid_values]
   set len_valid_values [llength $valid_values]

   if { $len_valid_values > 0 &&  $len_invalid_values > 0 } {
     append error_message "Programmer error - You must provide either an"
     append error_message " invalid_values list or a valid_values"
     append error_message " list but NOT both.\n"
     append error_message [sprint_list invalid_values "" "" 1]
     append error_message [sprint_list valid_values "" "" 1]
     print_error_report $error_message
     exit 1
   }

   set caller [get_stack_proc_name -2]
   if { $caller == "valid_list" } {
     set exit_on_fail 0
   } else {
     set exit_on_fail 1
   }
   if { $len_valid_values > 0 } {
     # Processing the valid_values list.
     if { [lsearch -exact $valid_values "${var_value}"] != -1 } { return }
     append error_message "The following variable has an invalid value:\n"
     append error_message [sprint_varx $var_name $var_value "" "" 1]
     append error_message "\nIt must be one of the following values:\n"
     append error_message [sprint_list valid_values "" "" 1]
     if { $exit_on_fail } {
       print_error_report $error_message
       exit 1
     } else {
       error [sprint_error_report $error_message]
     }
   }

   if { $len_invalid_values == 0 } {
     # Assign default value.
     set invalid_values [list ""]
   }

   # Assertion: We have an invalid_values list.  Processing it now.
   if { [lsearch -exact $invalid_values "${var_value}"] == -1 } { return }

   if { [lsearch -exact $valid_values "${var_value}"] != -1 } { return }
   append error_message "The following variable has an invalid value:\n"
   append error_message [sprint_varx $var_name $var_value "" "" 1]
   append error_message "\nIt must NOT be any of the following values:\n"
   append error_message [sprint_list invalid_values "" "" 1]
   if { $exit_on_fail } {
     print_error_report $error_message
     exit 1
   } else {
     error [sprint_error_report $error_message]
   }

 }


 proc valid_list { var_name args } {

   # If the value of the list variable named in var_name is not valid, print an error message and exit the
   # program with a non-zero return code.

   # Description of arguments:
   # var_name                        The name of the variable whose value is to be validated.  This variable
   #                                 should be a list.  For each list alement, a call to valid_value will be
   #                                 done.
   # args                            args will be passed directly to valid_value.  Please see valid_value for
   #                                 details.

   # Example call:

   # set valid_procs [list "one" "two" "three"]
   # set proc_names [list "zero" "one" "two" "three" "four"]
   # valid_list proc_names {} ${valid_procs}

   # In this example, this procedure will fail with the following message:

   ##(CDT) 2018/03/27 12:26:49.904870 - **ERROR** The following list has one or more invalid values (marked
   # #with "*"):
   #
   # proc_names:
   #   proc_names[0]:                                  zero*
   #   proc_names[1]:                                  one
   #   proc_names[2]:                                  two
   #   proc_names[3]:                                  three
   #   proc_names[4]:                                  four*
   #
   # It must be one of the following values:
   #
   # valid_values:
   #   valid_values[0]:                                one
   #   valid_values[1]:                                two
   #   valid_values[2]:                                three

   # Call get_stack_var_level to relieve the caller of the need for declaring the variable as global.
   set stack_level [get_stack_var_level $var_name]
   # Access the variable value.
   upvar $stack_level $var_name var_value

   set ix 0
   # Create a list of index values which point to invalid list elements.
   set invalid_ix_list [list]
   foreach list_entry $var_value {
     incr ix
     if { [catch {valid_value list_entry {*}$args} result] } {
       lappend invalid_ix_list ${ix}
     }
   }

   # No errors found so return.
   if { [llength $invalid_ix_list] == 0 } { return }

   # We want to do a print_list on the caller's list but we want to put an asterisk by each invalid entry
   # (see example in prolog).

   # Make the caller's variable name, contained in $var_name, directly accessible to this procedure.
   upvar $stack_level $var_name $var_name
   # print_list the caller's list to a string.
   set printed_var [sprint_list $var_name "" "" 1]
   # Now convert the caller's printed var string to a list for easy manipulation.
   set printed_var_list [split $printed_var "\n"]

   # Loop through the erroneous index list and mark corresponding entries in printed_var_list with asterisks.
   foreach ix $invalid_ix_list {
     set new_value "[lindex $printed_var_list $ix]*"
     set printed_var_list [lreplace $printed_var_list ${ix} ${ix} $new_value]
   }

   # Convert the printed var list back to a string.
   set printed_var [join $printed_var_list "\n"]
   append error_message "The following list has one or more invalid values"
   append error_message " (marked with \"*\"):\n\n"
   append error_message $printed_var
   # Determine whether the caller passed invalid_values or valid_values in order to create appropriate error
   # message.
   if { [lindex $args 0] != "" } {
     append error_message "\nIt must NOT be any of the following values:\n\n"
     set invalid_values [lindex $args 0]
     append error_message [sprint_list invalid_values "" "" 1]
   } else {
     append error_message "\nIt must be one of the following values:\n\n"
     set valid_values [lindex $args 1]
     append error_message [sprint_list valid_values "" "" 1]
   }
   print_error_report $error_message
   exit 1

 }


 proc valid_integer { var_name } {

   # If the value of the variable named in var_name is not a valid integer, print an error message and exit
   # the program with a non-zero return code.

   # Description of arguments:
   # var_name                        The name of the variable whose value is to be validated.

   # Call get_stack_var_level to relieve the caller of the need for declaring the variable as global.
   set stack_level [get_stack_var_level $var_name]
   # Access the variable value.
   upvar $stack_level $var_name var_value

   if { [catch {format "0x%08x" "$var_value"} result] } {
     append error_message "Invalid integer value:\n"
     append error_message [sprint_varx $var_name $var_value]
     print_error_report $error_message
     exit 1
   }

 }


 proc valid_dir_path { var_name { add_slash 1 } } {

   # If the value of the variable named in var_name is not a valid directory path, print an error message and
   # exit the program with a non-zero return code.

   # Description of arguments:
   # var_name                        The name of the variable whose value is to be validated.
   # add_slash                       If set to 1, this procedure will add a trailing slash to the directory
   #                                 path value.

   # Call get_stack_var_level to relieve the caller of the need for declaring the variable as global.
   set stack_level [get_stack_var_level $var_name]
   # Access the variable value.
   upvar $stack_level $var_name var_value

   expand_shell_string var_value

   if { ![file isdirectory $var_value] } {
     append error_message "The following directory does not exist:\n"
     append error_message [sprint_varx $var_name $var_value "" "" 1]
     print_error_report $error_message
     exit 1
   }

   if { $add_slash } { add_trailing_string var_value / }

 }


 proc valid_file_path { var_name } {

   # If the value of the variable named in var_name is not a valid file path, print an error message and exit
   # the program with a non-zero return code.

   # Description of arguments:
   # var_name                        The name of the variable whose value is to be validated.

   # Call get_stack_var_level to relieve the caller of the need for declaring the variable as global.
   set stack_level [get_stack_var_level $var_name]
   # Access the variable value.
   upvar $stack_level $var_name var_value

   expand_shell_string var_value

   if { ![file isfile $var_value] } {
     append error_message "The following file does not exist:\n"
     append error_message [sprint_varx $var_name $var_value "" "" 1]
     print_error_report $error_message
     exit 1
   }

 }


 proc get_password { {password_var_name password} } {

   # Prompt user for password and return result.

   # On error, print to stderr and terminate the program with non-zero return code.

   set prompt\
     [string trimright [sprint_varx "Please enter $password_var_name" ""] "\n"]
   puts -nonewline $prompt
   flush stdout
   stty -echo
   gets stdin password1
   stty echo
   puts ""

   set prompt [string\
     trimright [sprint_varx "Please re-enter $password_var_name" ""] "\n"]
   puts -nonewline $prompt
   flush stdout
   stty -echo
   gets stdin password2
   stty echo
   puts ""

   if { $password1 != $password2 } {
     print_error_report "Passwords do not match.\n"
     gen_exit_proc 1
   }

   if { $password1 == "" } {
     print_error_report "Need a non-blank value for $password_var_name.\n"
     gen_exit_proc 1
   }

   return $password1

 }


 proc valid_password { var_name { prompt_user 1 } } {

   # If the value of the variable named in var_name is not a valid password, print an error message and exit
   # the program with a non-zero return code.

   # Description of arguments:
   # var_name                        The name of the variable whose value is to be validated.
   # prompt_user                     If the variable has a blank value, prompt the user for a value.

   # Call get_stack_var_level to relieve the caller of the need for declaring the variable as global.
   set stack_level [get_stack_var_level $var_name]
   # Access the variable value.
   upvar $stack_level $var_name var_value

   if { $var_value == "" && $prompt_user } {
     global $var_name
     set $var_name [get_password $var_name]
   }

   if { $var_value == "" } {
     print_error_report "Need a non-blank value for $var_name.\n"
     gen_exit_proc 1
   }

 }


 proc process_pw_file_path {pw_file_path_var_name} {

   # Process a password file path parameter by setting or validating the corresponding password variable.

   # For example, let's say you have an os_pw_file_path parm defined.  This procedure will set the global
   # os_password variable.

   # If there is no os_password program parm defined, then the pw_file_path must exist and will be validated
   # by this procedure.  If there is an os_password program parm defined, then either the os_pw_file_path must
   # be valid or the os_password must be valid.  Again, this procedure will verify all of this.

   # When a valid pw_file_path exists, this program will read the password from it and set the global
   # password variable with the value.
   # Finally, this procedure will call valid_password which will prompt user if password has not been
   # obtained by this point.

   # Description of argument(s):
   # pw_file_path_var_name           The name of a global variable that contains a file path which in turn
   #                                 contains a password value.  The variable name must end in "pw_file_path"
   #                                 (e.g. "os_pw_file_path").

   # Verify that $pw_file_path_var_name ends with "pw_file_path".
   if { ! [regexp -expanded "pw_file_path$" $pw_file_path_var_name] } {
     append message "Programming error - Proc [get_stack_proc_name] its"
     append message " pw_file_path_var_name parameter to contain a value that"
     append message "ends in \"pw_file_path\" instead of the current value:\n"
     append message [sprint_var pw_file_path_var_name]
     print_error $message
     gen_exit_proc 1
   }

   global $pw_file_path_var_name
   expand_shell_string $pw_file_path_var_name

   # Get the prefix portion of pw_file_path_var_name which is obtained by stripping "pw_file_path" from the
   # end.
   regsub -expanded {pw_file_path$} $pw_file_path_var_name {} var_prefix

   # Create password_var_name.
   set password_var_name ${var_prefix}password
   global $password_var_name

   global longoptions pos_parms
   regsub -all ":" "${longoptions} ${pos_parms}" {} parm_names
   if { [lsearch -exact parm_names $password_var_name] == -1 } {
     # If no corresponding password program parm has been defined, then the pw_file_path must be valid.
     valid_file_path $pw_file_path_var_name
   }

   if { [file isfile [set $pw_file_path_var_name]] } {
     # Read the entire password file into a list, filtering comments out.
     set file_descriptor [open [set $pw_file_path_var_name] r]
     set file_data [list_filter_comments [split [read $file_descriptor] "\n"]]
     close $file_descriptor

     # Assign the password value to the global password variable.
     set $password_var_name [lindex $file_data 0]
     # Register the password to prevent printing it.
     register_passwords [set $password_var_name]
   }

   # Validate the password, which includes prompting the user if need be.
   valid_password $password_var_name

 }
	#!/usr/bin/wish

	# This file provides many valuable validation procedures such as valid_value, valid_integer, etc.

	my_source [list print.tcl call_stack.tcl]


	proc valid_value { var_name { invalid_values {}} { valid_values {}} } {

	# If the value of the variable named in var_name is not valid, print an error message and exit the program
	# with a non-zero return code.

	# Description of arguments:
	# var_name The name of the variable whose value is to be validated.
	# invalid_values A list of invalid values. If the variable value is equal to any value in
	# the invalid_values list, it is deemed to be invalid. Note that if you
	# specify anything for invalid_values (below), the valid_values list is not
	# even processed. In other words, specify either invalid_values or
	# valid_values but not both. If no value is specified for either
	# invalid_values or valid_values, invalid_values will default to a list
	# with one blank entry. This is useful if you simply want to ensure that
	# your variable is non blank.
	# valid_values A list of invalid values. The variable value must be equal to one of the
	# values in this list to be considered valid.

	# Call get_stack_var_level to relieve the caller of the need for declaring the variable as global.
	set stack_level [get_stack_var_level $var_name]
	# Access the variable value.
	upvar $stack_level $var_name var_value

	set len_invalid_values [llength $invalid_values]
	set len_valid_values [llength $valid_values]

	if { $len_valid_values > 0 && $len_invalid_values > 0 } {
	append error_message "Programmer error - You must provide either an"
	append error_message " invalid_values list or a valid_values"
	append error_message " list but NOT both.\n"
	append error_message [sprint_list invalid_values "" "" 1]
	append error_message [sprint_list valid_values "" "" 1]
	print_error_report $error_message
	exit 1
	}

	set caller [get_stack_proc_name -2]
	if { $caller == "valid_list" } {
	set exit_on_fail 0
	} else {
	set exit_on_fail 1
	}
	if { $len_valid_values > 0 } {
	# Processing the valid_values list.
	if { [lsearch -exact $valid_values "${var_value}"] != -1 } { return }
	append error_message "The following variable has an invalid value:\n"
	append error_message [sprint_varx $var_name $var_value "" "" 1]
	append error_message "\nIt must be one of the following values:\n"
	append error_message [sprint_list valid_values "" "" 1]
	if { $exit_on_fail } {
	print_error_report $error_message
	exit 1
	} else {
	error [sprint_error_report $error_message]
	}
	}

	if { $len_invalid_values == 0 } {
	# Assign default value.
	set invalid_values [list ""]
	}

	# Assertion: We have an invalid_values list. Processing it now.
	if { [lsearch -exact $invalid_values "${var_value}"] == -1 } { return }

	if { [lsearch -exact $valid_values "${var_value}"] != -1 } { return }
	append error_message "The following variable has an invalid value:\n"
	append error_message [sprint_varx $var_name $var_value "" "" 1]
	append error_message "\nIt must NOT be any of the following values:\n"
	append error_message [sprint_list invalid_values "" "" 1]
	if { $exit_on_fail } {
	print_error_report $error_message
	exit 1
	} else {
	error [sprint_error_report $error_message]
	}

	}


	proc valid_list { var_name args } {

	# If the value of the list variable named in var_name is not valid, print an error message and exit the
	# program with a non-zero return code.

	# Description of arguments:
	# var_name The name of the variable whose value is to be validated. This variable
	# should be a list. For each list alement, a call to valid_value will be
	# done.
	# args args will be passed directly to valid_value. Please see valid_value for
	# details.

	# Example call:

	# set valid_procs [list "one" "two" "three"]
	# set proc_names [list "zero" "one" "two" "three" "four"]
	# valid_list proc_names {} ${valid_procs}

	# In this example, this procedure will fail with the following message:

	##(CDT) 2018/03/27 12:26:49.904870 - ERROR The following list has one or more invalid values (marked
	# #with "*"):
	#
	# proc_names:
	# proc_names[0]: zero*
	# proc_names[1]: one
	# proc_names[2]: two
	# proc_names[3]: three
	# proc_names[4]: four*
	#
	# It must be one of the following values:
	#
	# valid_values:
	# valid_values[0]: one
	# valid_values[1]: two
	# valid_values[2]: three

	# Call get_stack_var_level to relieve the caller of the need for declaring the variable as global.
	set stack_level [get_stack_var_level $var_name]
	# Access the variable value.
	upvar $stack_level $var_name var_value

	set ix 0
	# Create a list of index values which point to invalid list elements.
	set invalid_ix_list [list]
	foreach list_entry $var_value {
	incr ix
	if { [catch {valid_value list_entry {*}$args} result] } {
	lappend invalid_ix_list ${ix}
	}
	}

	# No errors found so return.
	if { [llength $invalid_ix_list] == 0 } { return }

	# We want to do a print_list on the caller's list but we want to put an asterisk by each invalid entry
	# (see example in prolog).

	# Make the caller's variable name, contained in $var_name, directly accessible to this procedure.
	upvar $stack_level $var_name $var_name
	# print_list the caller's list to a string.
	set printed_var [sprint_list $var_name "" "" 1]
	# Now convert the caller's printed var string to a list for easy manipulation.
	set printed_var_list [split $printed_var "\n"]

	# Loop through the erroneous index list and mark corresponding entries in printed_var_list with asterisks.
	foreach ix $invalid_ix_list {
	set new_value "[lindex $printed_var_list $ix]*"
	set printed_var_list [lreplace $printed_var_list ${ix} ${ix} $new_value]
	}

	# Convert the printed var list back to a string.
	set printed_var [join $printed_var_list "\n"]
	append error_message "The following list has one or more invalid values"
	append error_message " (marked with \"*\"):\n\n"
	append error_message $printed_var
	# Determine whether the caller passed invalid_values or valid_values in order to create appropriate error
	# message.
	if { [lindex $args 0] != "" } {
	append error_message "\nIt must NOT be any of the following values:\n\n"
	set invalid_values [lindex $args 0]
	append error_message [sprint_list invalid_values "" "" 1]
	} else {
	append error_message "\nIt must be one of the following values:\n\n"
	set valid_values [lindex $args 1]
	append error_message [sprint_list valid_values "" "" 1]
	}
	print_error_report $error_message
	exit 1

	}


	proc valid_integer { var_name } {

	# If the value of the variable named in var_name is not a valid integer, print an error message and exit
	# the program with a non-zero return code.

	# Description of arguments:
	# var_name The name of the variable whose value is to be validated.

	# Call get_stack_var_level to relieve the caller of the need for declaring the variable as global.
	set stack_level [get_stack_var_level $var_name]
	# Access the variable value.
	upvar $stack_level $var_name var_value

	if { [catch {format "0x%08x" "$var_value"} result] } {
	append error_message "Invalid integer value:\n"
	append error_message [sprint_varx $var_name $var_value]
	print_error_report $error_message
	exit 1
	}

	}


	proc valid_dir_path { var_name { add_slash 1 } } {

	# If the value of the variable named in var_name is not a valid directory path, print an error message and
	# exit the program with a non-zero return code.

	# Description of arguments:
	# var_name The name of the variable whose value is to be validated.
	# add_slash If set to 1, this procedure will add a trailing slash to the directory
	# path value.

	# Call get_stack_var_level to relieve the caller of the need for declaring the variable as global.
	set stack_level [get_stack_var_level $var_name]
	# Access the variable value.
	upvar $stack_level $var_name var_value

	expand_shell_string var_value

	if { ![file isdirectory $var_value] } {
	append error_message "The following directory does not exist:\n"
	append error_message [sprint_varx $var_name $var_value "" "" 1]
	print_error_report $error_message
	exit 1
	}

	if { $add_slash } { add_trailing_string var_value / }

	}


	proc valid_file_path { var_name } {

	# If the value of the variable named in var_name is not a valid file path, print an error message and exit
	# the program with a non-zero return code.

	# Description of arguments:
	# var_name The name of the variable whose value is to be validated.

	# Call get_stack_var_level to relieve the caller of the need for declaring the variable as global.
	set stack_level [get_stack_var_level $var_name]
	# Access the variable value.
	upvar $stack_level $var_name var_value

	expand_shell_string var_value

	if { ![file isfile $var_value] } {
	append error_message "The following file does not exist:\n"
	append error_message [sprint_varx $var_name $var_value "" "" 1]
	print_error_report $error_message
	exit 1
	}

	}


	proc get_password { {password_var_name password} } {

	# Prompt user for password and return result.

	# On error, print to stderr and terminate the program with non-zero return code.

	set prompt\
	[string trimright [sprint_varx "Please enter $password_var_name" ""] "\n"]
	puts -nonewline $prompt
	flush stdout
	stty -echo
	gets stdin password1
	stty echo
	puts ""

	set prompt [string\
	trimright [sprint_varx "Please re-enter $password_var_name" ""] "\n"]
	puts -nonewline $prompt
	flush stdout
	stty -echo
	gets stdin password2
	stty echo
	puts ""

	if { $password1 != $password2 } {
	print_error_report "Passwords do not match.\n"
	gen_exit_proc 1
	}

	if { $password1 == "" } {
	print_error_report "Need a non-blank value for $password_var_name.\n"
	gen_exit_proc 1
	}

	return $password1

	}


	proc valid_password { var_name { prompt_user 1 } } {

	# If the value of the variable named in var_name is not a valid password, print an error message and exit
	# the program with a non-zero return code.

	# Description of arguments:
	# var_name The name of the variable whose value is to be validated.
	# prompt_user If the variable has a blank value, prompt the user for a value.

	# Call get_stack_var_level to relieve the caller of the need for declaring the variable as global.
	set stack_level [get_stack_var_level $var_name]
	# Access the variable value.
	upvar $stack_level $var_name var_value

	if { $var_value == "" && $prompt_user } {
	global $var_name
	set $var_name [get_password $var_name]
	}

	if { $var_value == "" } {
	print_error_report "Need a non-blank value for $var_name.\n"
	gen_exit_proc 1
	}

	}


	proc process_pw_file_path {pw_file_path_var_name} {

	# Process a password file path parameter by setting or validating the corresponding password variable.

	# For example, let's say you have an os_pw_file_path parm defined. This procedure will set the global
	# os_password variable.

	# If there is no os_password program parm defined, then the pw_file_path must exist and will be validated
	# by this procedure. If there is an os_password program parm defined, then either the os_pw_file_path must
	# be valid or the os_password must be valid. Again, this procedure will verify all of this.

	# When a valid pw_file_path exists, this program will read the password from it and set the global
	# password variable with the value.
	# Finally, this procedure will call valid_password which will prompt user if password has not been
	# obtained by this point.

	# Description of argument(s):
	# pw_file_path_var_name The name of a global variable that contains a file path which in turn
	# contains a password value. The variable name must end in "pw_file_path"
	# (e.g. "os_pw_file_path").

	# Verify that $pw_file_path_var_name ends with "pw_file_path".
	if { ! [regexp -expanded "pw_file_path$" $pw_file_path_var_name] } {
	append message "Programming error - Proc [get_stack_proc_name] its"
	append message " pw_file_path_var_name parameter to contain a value that"
	append message "ends in \"pw_file_path\" instead of the current value:\n"
	append message [sprint_var pw_file_path_var_name]
	print_error $message
	gen_exit_proc 1
	}

	global $pw_file_path_var_name
	expand_shell_string $pw_file_path_var_name

	# Get the prefix portion of pw_file_path_var_name which is obtained by stripping "pw_file_path" from the
	# end.
	regsub -expanded {pw_file_path$} $pw_file_path_var_name {} var_prefix

	# Create password_var_name.
	set password_var_name ${var_prefix}password
	global $password_var_name

	global longoptions pos_parms
	regsub -all ":" "${longoptions} ${pos_parms}" {} parm_names
	if { [lsearch -exact parm_names $password_var_name] == -1 } {
	# If no corresponding password program parm has been defined, then the pw_file_path must be valid.
	valid_file_path $pw_file_path_var_name
	}

	if { [file isfile [set $pw_file_path_var_name]] } {
	# Read the entire password file into a list, filtering comments out.
	set file_descriptor [open [set $pw_file_path_var_name] r]
	set file_data [list_filter_comments [split [read $file_descriptor] "\n"]]
	close $file_descriptor

	# Assign the password value to the global password variable.
	set $password_var_name [lindex $file_data 0]
	# Register the password to prevent printing it.
	register_passwords [set $password_var_name]
	}

	# Validate the password, which includes prompting the user if need be.
	valid_password $password_var_name

	}