Name

CatalystX::Usul::Users::UnixAdmin - Set uid root methods for account manipulation

Version

Describes v0.17.$Rev: 1 $

Synopsis

   use CatalystX::Usul::Users::UnixAdmin;

Description

The public methods are called from a program running setuid root. The methods enable the management of OS accounts

Configuration and Environment

Defines the following attributes

def_perms

The default permissions applied to new home directories, 0755

profdir

A path coerced from an array ref that contains the files used to provision a new account

Subroutines/Methods

create_account

   $self->create_account( $path );

Creates an OS account. The given path is an XML file containing the account parameters. Account profiles are obtained from the $self->profile_domain object. New entries are added to the passwd file, the shadow file (if it is being used) and the group file

delete_account

   $self->delete_account( $user ):

Deletes an OS account. The accounts home directory is removed, the users entries in the group file are removed as are the entries in the passwd and shadow files

populate_account

   $self->create_account( $path );

Creates the new users home directory and populates it with some "dot" files if templates for such exist in the $self->profdir directory. Does not create a directory if the users home directory matches $profile->common_home. Account parameters are read from the XML file given by $path

update_account

   $self->update_account( $path );

Account parameters are read from the XML file given by $path. Updates entries in the passwd file

update_password

   $self->update_password( $force, $user, $old_pw, $new_pw, $encrypted );

Updates the users password only if the new one has not been used before or there is an administrative override. Updates the shadow file file if it is used, or the passwd file otherwise

user_report

   $self->user_report( $path, $format );

Creates a report of user accounts. Outputs to $path or STDOUT if $path is -. Format is either text or csv

Diagnostics

None

Dependencies

CatalystX::Usul::Users::Unix

CatalystX::Usul::Moose

Class::Usul::Time

CatalystX::Usul::Constraints

File::Path

TryCatch

Incompatibilities

There are no known incompatibilities in this module

Bugs and Limitations

There are no known bugs in this module. Please report problems to the address below. Patches are welcome

Author

Peter Flanigan, <Support at RoxSoft.co.uk>

License and Copyright

Copyright (c) 2014 Peter Flanigan. All rights reserved

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See perlartistic

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE

cpanm CatalystX::Usul

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install CatalystX::Usul