[RFC] LDAP user management tools

[Inge-Håvard Hunstad]

Gerald Carter wrote:
> 
> I'm in the process of building some tools
> for manipulating users in a Samba LDAP account
> backend.  This will mostly likely be ing Perl
> using the Mozilla::LDAP module.
> 
> Here's the RFC...
> 
> Right now, I have an quick and dirty script to upload
> a smbpasswd file to the LDAP server.  My plan are to
> also include tools for...
> 
>    * add / deleting accounts
>    * enabling / disabling accounts
>    * setting passwords
>    * updating account information
> 
> etc...
> 
> I know that I could just extend .../bin/smbpasswd, but
> writing the scripts in Perl would also allow for a Perl/TK
> GUI that could run on any platform for the most part (Windows,
> Solaris, Linux, etc...)  This would basically be a Usrmgr
> type interface with the headache of RPC and named pipes.
> 
> What say everyone?  is there enough interest for this?
> >From my part of view the automation scripts come first
> and the GUI later.
> 

Is it rude of me asking how did it go? Was the interest so low that it
wasn't worth finishing or did you try to implement it and have a tool
ready for alpha or beta testing? If the latter is true then I'm willing
to try it:)

inge