python:samba: add a generic string_to_byte_array() helper function

We should avoid implementing this again and again.

BUG: https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11699

Signed-off-by: Stefan Metzmacher <metze@samba.org>
Reviewed-by: Alexander Bokovoy <ab@samba.org>

diff --git a/python/samba/__init__.py b/python/samba/__init__.py
index b04e83cd1151b4d5461a9537f9f13cc2c360aeae..59b6ebf5e618ecdb11e24a1449dc5a7017792116 100644 (file)
--- a/python/samba/__init__.py
+++ b/python/samba/__init__.py
@@ -362,6 +362,14 @@ def dn_from_dns_name(dnsdomain):
 def current_unix_time():
     return int(time.time())
 
+def string_to_byte_array(string):
+    blob = [0] * len(string)
+
+    for i in range(len(string)):
+        blob[i] = ord(string[i])
+
+    return blob
+
 import _glue
 version = _glue.version
 interface_ips = _glue.interface_ips