ethz_iam_webservice 0.5.0

Manage users, groups and services of the ETH Identity and Access Management system (IAM)

ETHZ IAM Webservice

Manage users, groups and services of the ETH Identity and Access Management system (IAM)

Command Line Interface

When installing this module, the iam command is also installed. The basic parameters which are always needed – otherwise they will be asked interactivley – are:

$ iam -u admin-username --password MY-SECRET-PASSWORD

You can also set these environment variables instead:

$ export IAM_USERNAME=admin-username
$ export IAM_PASSWORD=MY-SECRET-PASSWORD

Group

$ iam group <group-name> -i / --info
$ iam group <group-name> -m / --members
$ iam group <group-name> -d / --delete 

$ iam group <group-name> -a user1 --add user2
$ iam group <group-name> -r user3 --remove user4

User

Get info about a user, as well as granting/revoking a service or setting its password:

$ iam user username
$ iam user username --grant-service LDAPS, -g Mailbox
$ iam user username --revoke-service LDAPS, -r Mailbox
$ iam user username --set-password [-s LDAPS [-s Mailbox]] [--service-password $trengGehe1m]

Person

Get info about a person (identity) and its users. You might either provide a username, a NPID or a email address.

$ iam person username
$ iam person [e-mail]
$ iam person 123445

Synopsis

Login

import ethz_iam_webservice
import getpass

e = ethz_iam_webservice.login('admin4iam', getpass.getpass())

Person

person = e.get_person('[e-mail]')
person = e.get_person('some_username')
person = e.get_person(123456)             # npid (internal Person identifier)

person.usernames                          # an array of dicts of usernames
person.data                               # raw webservice response
person.firstname
person.familyname
person.email
# etc.

User and Services

user = person.new_user('username', 'password', 'description')
user = e.get_user('username')
user.services                             # an array of dicts of services

user.grant_service("LDAPS")
user.grant_service("Active Directory")
user.grant_service("Mailbox")
user.grant_service("WLAN_VPN")

user.revoke_service("LDAPS")

user.delete() 
user.add_to_group('groupname')
user.remove_from_group('groupname')

Mailbox Service

# get service information
gs = user.get_service("Mailbox")

# all attributes of the granted Mailbox service
gs.data
{
  "sn": "Lastname",
  "givenName": "Firstname",
  "displayName": "neumond",
  "description": "this acccount is for creating moons",
  "mail": "[e-mail]",
  "isHidden": "false",
  "noMailReceive": "false",
  "quota": "5GB",
  "homeDrive": null,
  "homeDirectory": "\\\\\\\\d.ethz.ch\\\\users\\\\all\\\\neumond",
  "profilePath": "\\\\\\\\d.ethz.ch\\\\users\\\\all\\\\neumond\\\\%pafs",
  "unixHomeDirectory": "unixHomeDirectory",
  "loginShell": "/bin/bash",
  "primaryGroup": "Domain Users",
  "unifiedMessagingTask": null,
  "telephoneNumber": null,
  "proxyAddresses": [
    "SMTP:[e-mail]",
    "smtp:[e-mail]"
  ]
}

# set a email-forward, description
gs.forward_address = '[e-mail]'
gs.description = 'some new description'
gs.save()

Group and Group Members

get single group - returns a Group object or throws a ValueError if group is not found

group = e.new_group(
    name        = 'group-name',
    description = 'something meaningful',
    admingroup  = 'ID SIS',              # responsible admin group
    targets     = ['AD', 'LDAPS'],       # please specify at least one target system
    members     = ['user1', 'user2']
)

group = e.get_group('groupname')
group = e.get_group(123456)              # gidNumber
group.data                               # all data received from webservice
group.members                            # returns array of usernames or group-names
group.gidNumber
group.<attribute>

add/remove group members

group.add_members('some', 'new', 'members')
group.set_members('just', 'these')
group.del_members('remove', 'these', 'members')

search for groups - Result is always a list of groups or an empty list

groups = e.get_groups(agroup='ID SIS')
groups = e.get_groups(name='starts_with*')
groups = e.get_groups(agroup='ID SIS', name='starts_with*')

Mailinglists

ml = e.get_mailinglist('ID.SIS.SSDM')
ml = e.get_mailinglist('[e-mail]')
ml.name
ml.mail
ml.gidNumber
ml.groupType
ml.displayName
...

ml.members        # returns all (direct) members of that list
ml.add_members('user1', 'user2')
ml.del_members('user3, 'user4')

See also FAQ