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==Installation and Usage of the Lazy Administrator's Tools==
===Description===
The Lazy Administrator's Tools is a set of scripts designed to automate batch tasks and administration jobs for SME servers. Currently the following tools are available:
{{Note box|This HowTo is based on a version in the contribs area by [mailto:Michiel.Blotwijk@Altiplano.Be Michiel Blotwijk]. The latest release was for SME 5.5/5.6/6.0 but some functions work in SME Server version 7.x as well.
This version was imported on November 18th, 2007. The original text can be found [http://mirror.contribs.org/contribs/mblotwijk/Contribs/lazy-admin-tools/ here]}}
===Available functions===
===USAGE===
{|
{|
!Command
!Command
!Description
!Description
|-
|-
| [http://mirror.contribs.org/contribs/mblotwijk/Contribs/lazy-admin-tools/man/lat-users.html lat-users]
| [http://mirror.contribs.org/contribs/mblotwijk/Contribs/lazy-admin-tools/man/lat-users.html lat-users]
|add/delete users (and their directories)
|add/delete users (and their directories)
|-
|-
|[http://mirror.contribs.org/contribs/mblotwijk/Contribs/lazy-admin-tools/man/lat-groups.html lat-groups]
|[http://mirror.contribs.org/contribs/mblotwijk/Contribs/lazy-admin-tools/man/lat-groups.html lat-groups]
|add/delete groups
|add/delete groups
|-
|-
|[http://mirror.contribs.org/contribs/mblotwijk/Contribs/lazy-admin-tools/man/lat-pseudonyms.html lat-pseudonyms]
|[http://mirror.contribs.org/contribs/mblotwijk/Contribs/lazy-admin-tools/man/lat-pseudonyms.html lat-pseudonyms]
|add/delete e-mail pseudonyms for individual users
|add/delete e-mail pseudonyms for individual users
|-
|-
|[http://mirror.contribs.org/contribs/mblotwijk/Contribs/lazy-admin-tools/man/lat-ibays.html lat-ibays]
|[http://mirror.contribs.org/contribs/mblotwijk/Contribs/lazy-admin-tools/man/lat-ibays.html lat-ibays]
|add/delete ibays (and its directories)
|add/delete ibays (and its directories)
|-
|-
|[http://mirror.contribs.org/contribs/mblotwijk/Contribs/lazy-admin-tools/man/lat-quota.html lat-quota]
|[http://mirror.contribs.org/contribs/mblotwijk/Contribs/lazy-admin-tools/man/lat-quota.html lat-quota]
|set the disk quota for individual users
|set the disk quota for individual users
|-
|-
|[http://mirror.contribs.org/contribs/mblotwijk/Contribs/lazy-admin-tools/man/lat-procmail.html lat-procmail]
|[http://mirror.contribs.org/contribs/mblotwijk/Contribs/lazy-admin-tools/man/lat-procmail.html lat-procmail]
|activate or deactivate procmail for individual users
|activate or deactivate procmail for individual users
|-
|-
|[http://mirror.contribs.org/contribs/mblotwijk/Contribs/lazy-admin-tools/man/lat-hosts.html lat-hosts]
|[http://mirror.contribs.org/contribs/mblotwijk/Contribs/lazy-admin-tools/man/lat-hosts.html lat-hosts]
|add hostnames to the server
|add hostnames to the server
|-
|-
|[http://mirror.contribs.org/contribs/mblotwijk/Contribs/lazy-admin-tools/man/lat-pptp.html lat-pptp]
|[http://mirror.contribs.org/contribs/mblotwijk/Contribs/lazy-admin-tools/man/lat-pptp.html lat-pptp]
|activate or deactivate pptp access for individualusers
|activate or deactivate pptp access for individualusers
|-
|-
|[http://mirror.contribs.org/contribs/mblotwijk/Contribs/lazy-admin-tools/man/lat-domains.html lat-domains]
|[http://mirror.contribs.org/contribs/mblotwijk/Contribs/lazy-admin-tools/man/lat-domains.html lat-domains]
|create virtual domains
|create virtual domains
|-
|-
|[http://mirror.contribs.org/contribs/mblotwijk/Contribs/lazy-admin-tools/man/lat-dump.html lat-dump]
|[http://mirror.contribs.org/contribs/mblotwijk/Contribs/lazy-admin-tools/man/lat-dump.html lat-dump]
|create input files for the above, using the configuration files of the SME servers.
|create input files for the above, using the configuration files of the SME servers.
|-
|-
|}
|}
===INSTALLATION===
{{Warning box|msg=SME Server 7.x supports the use of '@' in pseudonyms, but '''lat-pseudonym''' does not by default. See this [http://forums.contribs.org/index.php?topic=37885.msg170809#msg170809 forum post] for a work-around.}}
===Installation===
Download and install using the following commands:
Download and install using the following commands:
cd /tmp
cd /tmp
<nowiki>wget http://smemirror.fullnet.co.uk/contribs/mblotwijk/Contribs/lazy-admin-tools/e-smith-lazy_admin_tools-0.9.0-1.noarch.rpm</nowIki>
<nowiki>wget http://mirror.contribs.org/contribs/mblotwijk/Contribs/lazy-admin-tools/e-smith-lazy_admin_tools-0.9.0-1.noarch.rpm</nowIki>
yum localinstall e-smith-lazy_admin_tools
yum localinstall e-smith-lazy_admin_tools
More information, examples, and source code can be downloaded from http://mirror.contribs.org/contribs/mblotwijk/Contribs/lazy-admin-tools/
More information, examples, and source code can be downloaded from http://mirror.contribs.org/contribs/mblotwijk/Contribs/lazy-admin-tools/
====UPGRADE NOTES====
====Upgrade notes====
1. If you are upgrading from a version prior to 0.7.0-1, don't forget to remove manually the old scripts. RPM will not be able to find and remove them for you.
1. If you are upgrading from a version prior to 0.7.0-1, don't forget to remove manually the old scripts. Yum will not be able to find and remove them for you.
2. As from version 0.7.0-1 the arguments for lat-groups have changed. Please refer to 'man lat-groups' or to the examples in /usr/doc/lazy-admin-tools for the new format.
2. As from version 0.7.0-1 the arguments for lat-groups have changed. Please refer to 'man lat-groups' or to the examples in /usr/doc/lazy-admin-tools for the new format.
===USAGE===
===Usage===
Each tool has its own comprehensive man page. See `man lazy-admin-tools` for an overview of the tools that have been installed.
Each tool has its own comprehensive man page. See `man lazy-admin-tools` for an overview of the tools that have been installed.
All tools follow the same concept:
All tools follow the same concept:
1. Arguments can be specified on the command line (--comand-line), or in a file (--input-file) for batch processing.
1. Arguments can be specified on the command line (--command-line), or in a file (--input-file) for batch processing.
2. If the arguments are specified on the command line, the arguments must be between quotes (e.g. -c="foo | bar | baz")
2. If the arguments are specified on the command line, the arguments must be between quotes (e.g. -c="foo | bar | baz")
4. See the various examples in /usr/doc/lazy-admin-tools for the format of the input file.
4. See the various examples in /usr/doc/lazy-admin-tools for the format of the input file.
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