[root@web:accountapi/lib]# cat apicommon.rb                                                                                                       (04-05 18:13)
require 'yaml'

class Apicommon

        def self.password(size = 9)
                chars = (('a'..'z').to_a + ('0'..'9').to_a) - %w(i o 0 1 l 0)
                password = (1..size).collect{|a| chars[rand(chars.size)] }.join
                return password
        end

        def self.salt
                chars = ('a'..'z').to_a
                salt = (1..2).collect{|a| chars[rand(chars.size)]}.join
                return salt
        end

	def self.loadconfig
		conffile = "config/accountapi.yml"

		if File::exists?(conffile)
			conffd = File.open(conffile)
			conf = YAML.load(conffd)
			conffd.close
		else
			puts "No configuration file found, exiting..."
			exit
		end

		$minuid=conf['minuid']
		$adminuser=conf['adminuser']
		$adminpassword=conf['adminpassword']
		$minpwdlength=conf['minpwdlength']
		$minuserlength=conf['minuserlength']
	end

end