Hi Petr: Thank you. This is perfect. I have to say that the more I learn about FreeIPA, the more impressed I am with it (and I was pretty impressed to begin with).
Regards, Joe -----Original Message----- From: Petr Vobornik [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2012 1:32 AM To: Joe Linoff Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Freeipa-users] How can I change my password from a python script? On 06/28/2012 03:34 AM, Joe Linoff wrote: > Hi Everybody: > > > > I need to add a lot of users to an LDAP system for testing and I would > like to do it in batch mode. For my small tests have been doing > something like this: A batch command might be useful for this case. Example (note that I'm not a python guy): #!/usr/bin/env python import pprint from ipalib import api # Bootstrap api.bootstrap_with_global_options(context='cli') api.finalize() api.Backend.xmlclient.connect() # Prepare request users = [ (u'Foo', u'Bar', u'[email protected]', u'psw1', u'Sales guy'), (u'John', u'Doe', u'[email protected]', u'psw2', u'Tech guy'), ] add_commands = [] for user in users: (firstname, surname, email, psw, desc) = user add_commands.append({ "method": 'user_add', "params": [ [], { "givenname": firstname, "sn": surname, "mail": email, "userpassword": psw, "setattr": "description='"+desc+"'" }, ], }) # Execute as batch result = api.Command['batch'](*add_commands) # Print pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter() pp.pprint(result) > > > > #!/bin/bash > > # Script to create a new user. > > ipa user-add bigbob \ > > [email protected] \ > > --first=Bob \ > > --last=Bigg \ > > --password \ > > --setattr=description='The sales guy.'<<-EOF > > b1gB0bsTmpPwd > > b1gB0bsTmpPwd > > EOF > > > > However, I am python guy and would like to use it instead. I am sure > that I can do a similar thing using pexpect in python. Probably > something like this: > > > > # This code has not been tested. It is only for a thought experiment. > > # Add a user and enter the password using pexpect. > > cmd = "ipa user-add bigbob --email='bbob@BigBobsEmporium." > > cmd += " --first=Bob --last=Bigg --password " > > cmd += "--setattr=description='The sales guy.'" > > rets = ['Password', 'Enter Password again to verify', pexpect.EOF, > pexpect.TIMEOUT] > > c = pexpect.spawn(cmd,timeout=None) > > i = c.expect(rets) > > if i == 0: # Password > > child.sendline('b1gB0bsTmpPwd') > > i = c.expect(rets) > > if i == 1: # Enter Password again to verify > > child.sendline('b1gB0bsTmpPwd') > > i = c.expect(rets) > > if i == 2: > > print 'SUCCESS' > > else: > > sys.exit('ERROR: something bad happened #1') > > else: > > sys.exit('ERROR: something bad happened #2') > > else: > > sys.exit('ERROR: something bad happened #3') > > > > But I was wondering whether there was a better using the IPA API. Is > there a way for me to do that? > > > > Any help or insights would be greatly appreciated. > > > Thanks, > > > > Joe > -- Petr Vobornik _______________________________________________ Freeipa-users mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/freeipa-users
