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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+#
+# ADMIN_reset_failed_count.pl   version 2.8
+# 
+# resets the failed_login_count for a given user
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2013  Matt Florell <vicidial@gmail.com>    LICENSE: AGPLv2
+#
+#
+# CHANGES
+# 
+# 130909-1222 - Mikec - First build
+#
+
+$T=0;
+$DB=1;
+$DBX=0;
+
+use DBI;
+
+### begin parsing run-time options ###
+if (length($ARGV[0])>1)
+	{
+	$i=0;
+	while ($#ARGV >= $i)
+		{
+		$args = "$args $ARGV[$i]";
+		$i++;
+		}
+
+	if ($args =~ /--help/i)
+		{
+		print "Reset a given users failed count so they can attempt to log in.\n";
+		print "\n";
+		print "allowed run time options:\n";
+		print "  [--user=XXX] = the user to reset failed count for\n";
+		print "  [--test] = testing mode only, no database updates\n";
+		print "  [--debug] = enable debugging output\n";
+		print "  [--debugX] = enable extra debugging output\n";
+		print "  [--help] = this help screen\n";
+		print "\n";
+
+		exit;
+		}
+	else
+		{
+		if ($args =~ /--debug/i)
+			{
+			$DB=1;
+			if ($DB > 0) {print "\n----- DEBUGGING OUTPUT ENABLED: $DB -----\n";}
+			}
+		if ($args =~ /--debugX/i)
+			{
+			$DBX=1;
+			$DB=1;
+			if ($DB > 0) {print "\n----- EXTRA DEBUGGING OUTPUT ENABLED: $DBX -----\n";}
+			}
+		if ($args =~ /--test/i)
+			{
+			$T=1;
+			if ($DB > 0) {print "\n----- TESTING MODE ENABLED: $T -----\n";}
+			}
+		if ($args =~ /--user=/i)
+			{
+			@data_in = split(/--user=/,$args);
+			$CLIuser = $data_in[1];
+			$CLIuser =~ s/ .*//gi;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+else
+	{
+	print "NO INPUT, NOTHING TO DO, EXITING...\n";
+	exit;
+	}
+### end parsing run-time options ###
+
+# default path to astguiclient configuration file:
+$PATHconf =		'/etc/astguiclient.conf';
+
+open(conf, "$PATHconf") || die "can't open $PATHconf: $!\n";
+@conf = <conf>;
+close(conf);
+$i=0;
+foreach(@conf)
+	{
+	$line = $conf[$i];
+	$line =~ s/ |>|\n|\r|\t|\#.*|;.*//gi;
+	if ( ($line =~ /^PATHhome/) && ($CLIhome < 1) )
+		{$PATHhome = $line;   $PATHhome =~ s/.*=//gi;}
+	if ( ($line =~ /^PATHlogs/) && ($CLIlogs < 1) )
+		{$PATHlogs = $line;   $PATHlogs =~ s/.*=//gi;}
+	if ( ($line =~ /^PATHagi/) && ($CLIagi < 1) )
+		{$PATHagi = $line;   $PATHagi =~ s/.*=//gi;}
+	if ( ($line =~ /^PATHweb/) && ($CLIweb < 1) )
+		{$PATHweb = $line;   $PATHweb =~ s/.*=//gi;}
+	if ( ($line =~ /^PATHsounds/) && ($CLIsounds < 1) )
+		{$PATHsounds = $line;   $PATHsounds =~ s/.*=//gi;}
+	if ( ($line =~ /^PATHmonitor/) && ($CLImonitor < 1) )
+		{$PATHmonitor = $line;   $PATHmonitor =~ s/.*=//gi;}
+	if ( ($line =~ /^VARserver_ip/) && ($CLIserver_ip < 1) )
+		{$VARserver_ip = $line;   $VARserver_ip =~ s/.*=//gi;}
+	if ( ($line =~ /^VARDB_server/) && ($CLIDB_server < 1) )
+		{$VARDB_server = $line;   $VARDB_server =~ s/.*=//gi;}
+	if ( ($line =~ /^VARDB_database/) && ($CLIDB_database < 1) )
+		{$VARDB_database = $line;   $VARDB_database =~ s/.*=//gi;}
+	if ( ($line =~ /^VARDB_user/) && ($CLIDB_user < 1) )
+		{$VARDB_user = $line;   $VARDB_user =~ s/.*=//gi;}
+	if ( ($line =~ /^VARDB_pass/) && ($CLIDB_pass < 1) )
+		{$VARDB_pass = $line;   $VARDB_pass =~ s/.*=//gi;}
+	if ( ($line =~ /^VARDB_port/) && ($CLIDB_port < 1) )
+		{$VARDB_port = $line;   $VARDB_port =~ s/.*=//gi;}
+	$i++;
+	}
+
+if (!$VARDB_port) {$VARDB_port='3306';}
+
+$dbhA = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:$VARDB_database:$VARDB_server:$VARDB_port", "$VARDB_user", "$VARDB_pass")
+ or die "Couldn't connect to database: " . DBI->errstr;
+
+$affected_rows=0;
+$stmtA = "UPDATE vicidial_users set failed_login_count=0 where user='$CLIuser';";
+if ($T < 1)
+	{
+	$affected_rows = $dbhA->do($stmtA) or die  "Couldn't execute query:|$stmtA|\n";
+	}
+
+if ($DB > 0) {print "Failed Login Count for user $CLIuser has been reset: |$affected_rows|\n";}
+if ($DBX > 0) {print "SQL:   |$stmtA|\n";}
+$i++;
+
+exit;