[project @ Arch-1:robey@lag.net--2003-public%secsh--dev--1.0--patch-132]

oops (continued)
er, part 2 of that.

paramiko/server.py

@@ -179,6 +179,35 @@ class ServerInterface (object):
         @rtype: int
         """
         return AUTH_FAILED
+        
+    def check_global_request(self, kind, msg):
+        """
+        Handle a global request of the given C{kind}.  This method is called
+        in server mode and client mode, whenever the remote host makes a global
+        request.  If there are any arguments to the request, they will be in
+        C{msg}.
+
+        There aren't any useful global requests defined, aside from port
+        forwarding, so usually this type of request is an extension to the
+        protocol.
+
+        If the request was successful and you would like to return contextual
+        data to the remote host, return a tuple.  Items in the tuple will be
+        sent back with the successful result.  (Note that the items in the
+        tuple can only be strings, ints, longs, or bools.)
+
+        The default implementation always returns C{False}, indicating that it
+        does not support any global requests.
+
+        @param kind: the kind of global request being made.
+        @type kind: str
+        @param msg: any extra arguments to the request.
+        @type msg: L{Message}
+        @return: C{True} or a tuple of data if the request was granted;
+            C{False} otherwise.
+        @rtype: bool
+        """
+        return False
 
 
     ###  Channel requests