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134 by mattgiuca
Added module: common/makeuser.py. Creates a new user jail by hardlinking the
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#!/usr/bin/env python
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# IVLE - Informatics Virtual Learning Environment
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# Copyright (C) 2007-2008 The University of Melbourne
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#
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# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
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# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
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# (at your option) any later version.
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#
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# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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# GNU General Public License for more details.
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#
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# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
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# Program: MakeUser
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# Author:  Matt Giuca
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# Date:    9/1/2008
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# Script to create a new user. This can also be done through the
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# administration interface.
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import sys
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import os
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import os.path
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# Import modules from the website is tricky since they're in the www
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# directory.
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sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.getcwd(), 'www'))
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import conf
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import common.makeuser
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if len(sys.argv) <= 1:
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    print "Usage: python makeuser.py <username>"
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    sys.exit()
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username = sys.argv[1]
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try:
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    common.makeuser.makeuser(username)
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except Exception, message:
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    print "Error: " + str(message)
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    sys.exit(1)
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print "Successfully created user " + username + "."