Python module to manipulate unix system accounts.
Project description
Python module to manipulate unix system accounts by calling standard unix commands user{add,mod,del} which do the actual system files manipulation.
Locations
Unix Account packages are available from Cheese shop (PyPI) at https://pypi.python.org/pypi/unixaccount
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Install
pip install unixaccount
Contents
CLASSES
exceptions.Exception(exceptions.BaseException)
UnixAccountError
AlreadyExists
Busy
NotFound
FUNCTIONS
create_user(username, group=None, homedir=None, password=None, mkhome=False, shell='/bin/false') Create a new user account delete_user(username) Delete user account. modify_user(username, group=None, homedir=None, password=None, mkhome=False, shell=None) Modify existing user account. get_gid(groupname) Return numeric group ID for given group name or raise NotFound exception. get_uid(username) Return numeric user ID for given username or raise NotFound exception. get_username(uid) Return user name for given numeric user ID or raise NotFound exception
License
Copyright 2014 Michal Belica <devel@beli.sk>
Unix Account 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 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. Unix Account is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Unix Account. If not, see < http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ >.
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