[Fedora-directory-devel] Fedora Directory Server Toolkit

[Christian Lahti]

Announcing developer release of FDS Tookit
http://fdstools.sourceforge.net

fdstools is a suite of management tools for Fedora Directory Server (FDS)
licensed under the GPL. This includes a perl module which provides and API
for managing all aspects of posix, samba, aix, and computer accounts as well
as automount maps. Additionally command line tools and a Webmin module are
provided that use the API to accomplish all these management tasks. This
project was born mainly because most of the available tools out there are
geared toward managing these objects in OpenLDAP, and there are subtle
differences with FDS. Additionally the (excellent) java console provided
with FDS does not manage shadow, samba, or AIX attributes, and there are
people who do not wish to or cannot run Java on their systems. The design
goals (which most other tools seem to be lacking in one form or another)
are:

   - Provide a rich API of functions with very few external dependencies
   - Consistent function naming and parameter formats where applicable
   - Use and enforce Password Policies if they are specified
   - Use and enforce account lockout parameters
   - Properly handle error states (i.e. don't DIE in the API, set an
   error and return to the client for further handling)
   - Provide optional logging of client operations
   - Provide command line utilities that use the API to perform
   user/group/computer management tasks
   - Provide Webmin module that uses the API to perform
   user/group/computer management tasks
   - Long term goal of providing a lightweight alternative to the java
   console for server administrative tasks

Project Status

   - The command line portion is feature complete (alpha quality) and we
   are seeking testers
   - The GUI portion coding is underway

Please see the project page for more information

/Christian
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