Lazy Admin Tools
Installation and Usage of the Lazy Administrator's Tools
Author: Michiel Blotwijk <Michiel.Blotwijk@Altiplano.Be>
Release supported: SME 5.5/5.6/6.0 (Some functions work in SME 7.x)
License: GPL
Last updated: 23 January, 2004
Wiki Entry Created: 18 November 2007
Most Up-todate version can be found here: http://mirror.contribs.org/contribs/mblotwijk/Contribs/lazy-admin-tools/
Problem: You have to perform a large number of repetitive admin tasks, which just take too much time to do via the webinterface.
Solution: Let the SME server do it for you :-).
The Lazy Administrator's Tools is a set of scripts designed to automate batch tasks and admin jobs for E-Smith/SME servers. Currently the following tools are available:
USAGE
| Command | Description | SME 7 Support |
|---|---|---|
| lat-users | add/delete users (and their directories) | |
| lat-groups | add/delete groups | |
| lat-pseudonyms | add/delete e-mail pseudonyms for individual users | SME 7.x supports '@' in pseudonyms, but lat-pseudonym does not by default. See this forum post for a work-around. |
| lat-ibays | add/delete ibays (and its directories) | |
| lat-quota | set the disk quota for individual users | |
| lat-procmail | activate or deactivate procmail for individual users | |
| lat-hosts | add hostnames to the server | |
| lat-pptp | activate or deactivate pptp access for individualusers | |
| lat-domains | create virtual domains | |
| lat-dump | create input files for the above, using the configuration files of the SME servers. |
INSTALLATION
Download and install using the following commands:
cd /tmp wget http://smemirror.fullnet.co.uk/contribs/mblotwijk/Contribs/lazy-admin-tools/e-smith-lazy_admin_tools-0.9.0-1.noarch.rpm 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/
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.
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
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:
1. Arguments can be specified on the command line (--comand-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")
3. Most tools recognize the wildcards * and ? in the first argument (e.g -c="foo* | bar | baz").
4. See the various examples in /usr/doc/lazy-admin-tools for the format of the input file.