Lazy Admin 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:
	This HowTo is based on a version in the contribs area by 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 here

Available functions

Command	Description
lat-users	add/delete users (and their directories)
lat-groups	add/delete groups
lat-pseudonyms	add/delete e-mail pseudonyms for individual users
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.

	Warning:
	SME Server 7.x supports the use of '@' in pseudonyms, but lat-pseudonym does not by default. See this forum post for a work-around.

Installation

Download and install using the following commands:

cd /tmp
wget http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/smeserver/contribs//jbennett/sme7/lat/smeserver-lazy_admin_tools-0.9.1-2.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. 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.

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 (--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")

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.

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