From c9f5e30976bd6951fae1ff67e6ff618d690df5f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas S Hatch <thatch45@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:15:32 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Add dropfile function to utils

---
 salt/utils/__init__.py | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/salt/utils/__init__.py b/salt/utils/__init__.py
index 2fe77048c9..34c802fee3 100644
--- a/salt/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/salt/utils/__init__.py
@@ -965,6 +965,18 @@ def valid_url(url, protos):
     return False
 
 
+def dropfile():
+    '''
+    Set an aes dropfile to update the publish session key
+    '''
+    dfn = os.path.join(self.opts['cachedir'], '.dfn')
+    aes = salt.crypt.Crypticle.generate_key_string()
+    mask = os.umask(191)
+    with open(dfn, 'w+') as fp_:
+        fp_.write(aes)
+    os.umask(mask)
+
+
 def parse_docstring(docstring):
     '''
     Parse a docstring into its parts.