On Aug 21, 2005 at 14:30, Pierre Habouzit praised the llamas by saying: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Pierre Habouzit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > * Package name : ldapscripts > Version : 1.2 > Upstream Author : Ganaël LAPLANCHE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > * URL : http://contribs.martymac.com/ > * License : GPL > Description : Add and remove user and groups stored (using ldap) > > Ldapscripts are shell scripts that allow to manage POSIX accounts > (users, groups, machines) on an LDAP directory. They are similar to > smbldap-tools but are written in shellscript, not in PERL. > That should be Perl. Thinking about it, why would the user care what language it is written in.
> They only require OpenLDAP client commands (ldapadd, ldapdelete, > ldapsearch, ldapmodify, slappasswd) and make administrator's work a lot > easier avoiding him to configure PERL and each library dependencies > (e.g. Net::LDAP). > Again Perl, but then should this paragraph really matter to a user? > These scripts are very simple to configure by not requiring any > Samba-related information (SID, profiles, homes, ...) : management of > Samba attributes is entirely done by standard commands (net, smbpasswd > et pdbedit) used together with the scripts. Moreover, most of the > configuration is guessed from the one of libpam-ldap, and everything > should work out from the box for most users. > > The scripts may be used independently - within command lines - or > automatically by Samba (like smbldap-tools), to handle POSIX information > within accounts before adding Samba information. > -- David Pashley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nihil curo de ista tua stulta superstitione. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
