for python-2.6

[plcapi.git] / PLC / Auth.py

diff --git a/PLC/Auth.py b/PLC/Auth.py
index 8793693..b11e855 100644 (file)
--- a/PLC/Auth.py
+++ b/PLC/Auth.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2006 The Trustees of Princeton University
 #
 # $Id$
+# $URL$
 #
 
 import crypt
@@ -255,7 +256,8 @@ class BootAuth(Auth):
 
             # We encode in UTF-8 before calculating the HMAC, which is
             # an 8-bit algorithm.
-            digest = hmac.new(key, msg.encode('utf-8'), sha).hexdigest()
+            # python 2.6 insists on receiving a 'str' as opposed to a 'unicode'
+            digest = hmac.new(str(key), msg.encode('utf-8'), sha).hexdigest()
 
             if digest != auth['value']:
                 raise PLCAuthenticationFailure, "Call could not be authenticated"