User Administration Without Web Frontend on eMail Server 3

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eMail Server: Version 3

Situation

Programs

• /usr/lib/apache/bin/add_user_ldap

  Add_user_ldap is used to add users to the LDAP database. For help invoke
  
  

  /usr/lib/apache/bin/add_user_ldap -help
  

  
  The program can be started as follows (in a single line):
  
  

  /usr/lib/apache/bin/add_user_ldap -bDN $base -al cyrus -ap $cyruspw -uid $userid -sn $sn -up $userpw -mail $mail -o $o -c $c -hd $hd -ls $ls -gn $gn -l $l -lang DE -a "$gn.$sn" -wga allowed
  

  Attributes

  Attribute	Description	Example
  -bDN $base	Base Distinguish Name, mostly the domain	dc=suse,dc=de
  -al cyrus	administrator login	fixed
  -ap $cyruspw	cyrus password	Password
  -uid $userid	UID of the new user, must be unique	meier
  -sn $sn	surname of the new user	Meier
  -up $up	password for the new user	secret
  -mail $mail	e-mail address	meier@suse.de
  -o $o	organisation, company name	SuSE AG
  -c $c	country code	EN
  -hd $hd	homedirectory	/home/meier
  -ls $ls	login shell	/bin/bash
  -gn $gn	given name	Hubert
  -l $l	location	Office-Nuernberg
  -lang $lang	language (DE/EN)	EN
  -a $gn.$sn	alias name (name.surname)	hubert.meier
  -wga allowed	write global access, writing to the public address book (allowed/denied)	allowed


Hint: you may also take the crypted password from /etc/shadow to $userpw. In this case the attribute is as follows


-up "{crypt}$userpw"

• /usr/lib/apache/bin/add_user_cyrus

  Add_user_cyrus is used to create mailboxes for a newly created user. For help invoke
  
  

  /usr/lib/apache/add_user_cyrus -help

  
  The program can be started as follows (in a single line):
  
  

  /usr/lib/apache/bin/add_user_cyrus -al cyrus -ap $cyruspw -uid $userid -qv $quota -mb $mailbox1 -mb $mailbox2
  

  Attributes

  Attribute	Description	Example
  -al cyrus	administrator login	fixed
  -ap $cyruspw	cyrus's password	password
  -uid $userid	UID of the new user, must be unique	meier
  -qv $quota	size limit for the user's mailboxes in kB	10000
  -mb $mailbox1	additional mailbox, optional	INBOX.folder_one
  -mb $mailbox2	additional mailbox, optional	INBOX.folder_two

• /usr/lib/apache/bin/del_user

  Del_user removes users from the system. For help invoke
  
  

  /usr/lib/apache/bin/del_user -help

  
  The program can be started as follows (in a single line):
  
  

  /usr/lib/apache/bin/del_user -al cyrus -ap $cyruspw -uid $userid -imap -ldap -sieve
  

  Attributes

  Attribute	Description	Example
  -al cyrus	administrator login	fixed
  -ap $cyruspw	cyrus's password	password
  -uid $userid	UID of the new user, must be unique	meier
  -imap	removes the mailboxes, optional
  -ldap	removes LDAP entries, optional
  -sieve	removes the mail filter, optional