NAME
Samba::LDAP::Group - Manipulate Samba LDAP Groups
VERSION
This document describes Samba::LDAP::Group version 0.05
SYNOPSIS
use Carp;
use Samba::LDAP::Group;
my $group = Samba::LDAP::Group->new()
or croak "Can't create object\n";DESCRIPTION
Various methods to add, delete, modify and show Samba LDAP Groups
DEVELOPER RELEASE!
BE WARNED - Not yet complete and neither are the docs!
INTERFACE
new
Create a new Samba::LDAP::Group object
add_group
Not complete.
add_to_group
Add $username to LDAP group $group
my $result = $group->add_to_group( $group, $username);
print "$username added to $group\n" if $result;add_to_groups
Pass in a list of groups for the user or users to be added to.
For one user:
my $groups_aref = [ 'staff', 'directors', 'contractors', ];
my $result = $group->add_to_groups( $groups_aref, $username );
print "$username added to groups\n" if $result;List of users and groups:
my $groups_ref = {
admin => [ 'staff', 'directors', 'contractors', ],
ghenry => [ 'web_team', 'finance', 'cleaners', ],
};
my $result = $group->add_to_groups( $group_ref );
print "Added to groups\n" if $result;find_groups
Find the groups that $username belongs to. Returns an Array of groups.
my @groups = $group->find_groups( $username );
print "@groups";delete_group
Deletes group name from LDAP tree
my $delete_result = $group->delete_group( $group_name );
print "$delete_result";remove_from_group
Remove the user from $group. Removes memberUid and member entries
my $result = $group->remove_from_group( $group, $username )
print "$group removed\n" if $result;show_group
Lists the entries for that group
my $group_info = $group->show_group( $group );
print "$group_info\n";list_groups
Not complete.
parse_group
Check the group is either a name or number.
my $result = $group->parse_group( $userGidNumber );Not complete.
is_group_member
Check that the user is a member of the group already
my $result = $self->is_group_member( $dn,$userid );
print "$userid is a member of $dn\n" if $result;read_group_entry
Return all posixGroup details. Similar to show_group and will be re-organised later
my $group_info = $group->read_group_entry( $group );
print "$group_info\n";Utility method.
read_group_entry_gid
Read the group number in the LDAP Directory.
my $group_number = $group->read_group_entry_gid( $group );
print $group_number\n";Utility method.
DIAGNOSTICS
None yet.
CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT
Samba::LDAP::Group requires no configuration files or environment variables.
DEPENDENCIES
Carp, Regexp::DefaultFlags, Readonly and List::MoreUtils
INCOMPATIBILITIES
None reported.
BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
No bugs have been reported.
Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-samba-ldap@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org.
AUTHOR
Gavin Henry <ghenry@suretecsystems.com>
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
IDEALX for original scripts.
LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2001-2002 IDEALX - Original smbldap-tools
Copyright (c) 2006, Suretec Systems Ltd. - Gavin Henry <ghenry@suretecsystems.com>
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. See perlgpl.
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