From d93377028f37ed5f72c3daa4e16b2fc011eb1b3a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Azmy Ali <azmya@nvidia.com>
Date: Tue, 7 May 2024 08:24:28 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Add base class implementation for local users' passwords
 reset

---
 .../local_users_passwords_reset_base.py       | 25 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 sonic_platform_base/local_users_passwords_reset_base.py

diff --git a/sonic_platform_base/local_users_passwords_reset_base.py b/sonic_platform_base/local_users_passwords_reset_base.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..460c0f9e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sonic_platform_base/local_users_passwords_reset_base.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+'''
+    local_users_passwords_reset_base.py
+
+    Abstract base class for implementing platform-specific
+    local users' passwords reset base functionality for SONiC
+'''
+
+
+class LocalUsersConfigurationResetBase(object):
+    """
+    Abstract base class for resetting local users' passwords on the switch
+    """
+    def should_trigger(self):
+        '''
+        define the condition to trigger
+        '''
+        # the condition to trigger start() method, the default implementation will be by checking if a long reboot press was detected.
+        raise NotImplementedError
+
+    def start(self):
+        '''
+        define the functionality
+        '''
+        # the implementation of deleting non-default users and restoring original passwords for default users and expiring them
+        raise NotImplementedError